Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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 this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised   

1742  Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on April - 24.   

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on April - 24.   

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on this day in history.   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on this day in history.   

1796  K L Immermann, writer was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 24 birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1815  On this day in history birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1822  On this day in history birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on April - 24.   

1828  On this day in history birth of robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

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  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

1845  On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on April - 24.   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on this day in history.   

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0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered