Famous Personalities Born In August - 01
Friday, 24 January 2025
1313 Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.
1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.
1377 On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1495 On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.
1545 On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
1555 On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
1579 On August - 01 birth of luÃs Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
1626 Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.
1630 On this day in history birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on August - 01.
1659 Antoine Mouque, composer was born on this day in history.
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on August - 01.
1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) was born on August - 01.
1713 Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.
1714 On August - 01 birth of richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter
1738 On August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
1744 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on this day in history.
1753 On August - 01 birth of charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on this day in history.
1766 On August - 01 birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on August - 01.
1770 On this day in history birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1779 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on August - 01.
1786 On this day in history birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister
1814 Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on August - 01.
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on this day in history.
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island was born on this day in history.
1819 On August - 01 birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on August - 01.
1837 On this day in history birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on this day in history.
1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 was born on August - 01.