Famous Birthdays In August - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.
1567 On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1597 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.
1642 On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1643 On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.
1665 On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1670 On August - 21 birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1725 On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on August - 21.
1754 On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765 On this day in history birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)
1765 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1780 On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 On this day in history birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1798 On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1800 On August - 21 birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on August - 21.
1809 On August - 21 birth of francesco Schira, composer
1810 On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 On August - 21 birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1821 William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
1824 On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on August - 21.
1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on August - 21.
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer was born on August - 21.