Famous Birthdays In August - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1455 On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
1533 On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
1627 On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
1632 Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.
1672 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.
1674 Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.
1696 On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
1703 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on this day in history.
1746 On August - 02 birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
1754 On this day in history birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
1775 Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on this day in history.
1788 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history birth of nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
1815 Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) was born on August - 02.
1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major was born on August - 02.
1826 On August - 02 birth of william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
1828 On this day in history birth of manuel PavÃa y RodrÃguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
1832 On this day in history birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)
1834 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on this day in history.
1834 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on this day in history.
1835 Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) was born on this day in history.
1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author was born on this day in history.
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands was born on August - 02.
1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on August - 02.
1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on August - 02.
1865 On this day in history birth of irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
1865 John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on August - 02.
1867 Ernest C Dowson, British poet was born on August - 02.
1868 Constantine I, king of Greece was born on August - 02.
1871 On this day in history birth of john French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)
1872 On this day in history birth of george E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1875 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.
1878 On August - 02 birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)