Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1718  Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised was born on April - 24.   

1742  Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on April - 24.   

1743  On this day in history birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)   

1750  On this day in history birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician   

1766  On April - 24 birth of robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on April - 24.   

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.   

1784  Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on April - 24.   

1796  On April - 24 birth of k L Immermann, writer   

1804  On this day in history birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  On this day in history birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on April - 24.   

1814  On this day in history birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on this day in history.   

1815  James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history.   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 24.   

1824  On April - 24 birth of fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

1829  On April - 24 birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

1836  On this day in history birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 24 birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on April - 24.   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on this day in history.   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.