Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1580  On August - 24 birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)   

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  On August - 24 birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

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

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  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of william Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1772  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on August - 24.   

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

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on August - 24.   

1816  On August - 24 birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  On August - 24 birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

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  On August - 24 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 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