Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1165 On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.
1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.
1597 On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.
1643 On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.
1665 On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.
1689 On August - 21 birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer
1721 On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1725 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1754 On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765 On August - 21 birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)
1765 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on August - 21.
1780 Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.
1789 On August - 21 birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1798 On August - 21 birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1800 Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.
1801 On August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1806 On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.
1810 On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.
1816 On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1821 On August - 21 birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1824 On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer
1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.
1852 On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer