Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

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

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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 August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1552  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on August - 24.   

1579  John Amner, composer was born on August - 24.   

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

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on August - 24.   

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on August - 24.   

1669  On August - 24 birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

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

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.   

1707  Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.   

1712  On August - 24 birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

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

1733  On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1750  On this day in history birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)   

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 August - 24.   

1772  On August - 24 birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1772  King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on August - 24.   

1816  On this day in history birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

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  On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer   

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

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 August - 24.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded