Famous Personalities Born In August - 01
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1313 Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.
1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.
1377 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.
1520 On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)
1545 On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
1555 Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.
1579 On August - 01 birth of luÃs Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
1626 On August - 01 birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)
1630 Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.
1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on August - 01.
1659 Antoine Mouque, composer was born on this day in history.
1685 On this day in history birth of pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) was born on this day in history.
1713 On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
1714 On August - 01 birth of richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter
1738 On August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
1744 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on August - 01.
1753 Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on August - 01.
1755 On August - 01 birth of giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
1766 On this day in history birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on August - 01.
1770 William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition was born on August - 01.
1779 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)
1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister was born on August - 01.
1814 Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on August - 01.
1818 On August - 01 birth of maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1819 Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) was born on August - 01.
1824 On this day in history birth of edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
1837 On this day in history birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
1840 On August - 01 birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
1843 On this day in history birth of robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926