Famous Birthdays In August - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.
1113 On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
1198 King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.
1210 On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland
1358 King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.
1393 On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.
1531 On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer
1552 Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.
1579 John Amner, composer was born on August - 24.
1580 On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on this day in history.
1635 On August - 24 birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
1669 Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on this day in history.
1683 Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on this day in history.
1694 On this day in history birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]
1707 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.
1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on August - 24.
1725 On August - 24 birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer
1733 On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer
1750 On August - 24 birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
1758 Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on August - 24.
1759 William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on this day in history.
1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on August - 24.
1772 On this day in history birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
1787 On August - 24 birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1808 On August - 24 birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1816 On this day in history birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1817 On this day in history birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1817 On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1820 On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer
1821 On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on August - 24.