Famous Birthdays In February - 24

1103  On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  On this day in history birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

1501  On February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on February - 24.   

1547  Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)   

1595  On February - 24 birth of matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet   

1597  On February - 24 birth of vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)   

1619  On this day in history birth of charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)   

1622  Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) was born on February - 24.   

1679  Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born on February - 24.   

1684  On this day in history birth of catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia   

1684  Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

1693  James Quin, English actor (d. 1766) was born on February - 24.   

1697  On this day in history birth of bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist   

1704  Hubert Renotte, composer was born on February - 24.   

1709  On February - 24 birth of jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)   

1717  Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born on February - 24.   

1723  John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792) was born on February - 24.   

1766  On this day in history birth of samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)   

1771  On February - 24 birth of johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher   

1774  On February - 24 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

1786  On February - 24 birth of wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales)   

1786  Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869) was born on February - 24.   

1797  On this day in history birth of samuel Lover, composer   

1809  On this day in history birth of edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)   

1811  On February - 24 birth of daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church   

1811  Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 was born on February - 24.   

1824  John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

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0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.   

1563  On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.