Famous Personalities Born In April - 24
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1533 William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.
1538 On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
1581 On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.
1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.
1660 On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1670 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.
1706 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.
1718 On this day in history birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1721 On April - 24 birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1742 On this day in history birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer
1743 Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on this day in history.
1750 On this day in history birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on April - 24.
1769 On April - 24 birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1773 Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director was born on April - 24.
1784 Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on April - 24.
1791 On this day in history birth of nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
1796 K L Immermann, writer was born on April - 24.
1804 On this day in history birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
1807 On this day in history birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1814 On April - 24 birth of angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
1814 On this day in history birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
1815 Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on April - 24.
1815 On April - 24 birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 24.
1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on this day in history.
1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on April - 24.
1829 On this day in history birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1836 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist was born on this day in history.
1837 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.
1845 On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
1849 On April - 24 birth of joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)
1851 On April - 24 birth of eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)