Famous Birthdays In April - 24

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

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

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

1718  Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on April - 24.   

1721  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised   

1742  On this day in history birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer   

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on April - 24.   

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history birth of robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  On this day in history birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

1773  On April - 24 birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1784  On this day in history birth of peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on this day in history.   

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

1804  On April - 24 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  Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) was born on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1815  On this day in history birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1822  On April - 24 birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  On this day in history 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 April - 24 birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on April - 24.   

1845  On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1849  On this day in history birth of joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

1851  On this day in history birth of eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

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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  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.