Famous Personalities Born In August - 21

1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1670  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

1725  On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on August - 21.   

1754  On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)   

1754  On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)   

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on this day in history.   

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)   

1780  On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)   

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1798  Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) was born on this day in history.   

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.   

1801  On this day in history birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

1806  On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

1809  Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.   

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.   

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1824  John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on August - 21.   

1825  Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on this day in history.   

1826  On August - 21 birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)   

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.   

1852  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.