Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1552  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Amner, composer   

1580  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)   

1591  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on August - 24.   

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on August - 24.   

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on August - 24.   

1707  Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

1725  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  On this day in history birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on August - 24.   

1758  On August - 24 birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on August - 24.   

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on August - 24.   

1772  On this day in history birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)   

1787  On August - 24 birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)   

1808  On this day in history birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1808  On August - 24 birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables was born on August - 24.   

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on August - 24.   

1817  On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on August - 24.   

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0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded