Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

1552  On this day in history birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)   

1579  John Amner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1580  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) was born on August - 24.   

1591  On August - 24 birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1635  On August - 24 birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)   

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on this day in history.   

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1707  On August - 24 birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)   

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 this day in history.   

1758  Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on August - 24.   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on this day in history.   

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on this day in history.   

1772  On August - 24 birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24 birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

1820  On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on this day in history.   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.   

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0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On August - 24 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  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.