Famous Birthdays In August - 21

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.   

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1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)