Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Friday, 14 February 2025
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 On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1643 On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
1660 On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1665 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.
1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on August - 21.
1721 Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on August - 21.
1725 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on August - 21.
1754 William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history 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 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1780 On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on August - 21.
1798 On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1800 Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.
1801 On August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1806 On this day in history birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 On this day in history birth of francesco Schira, composer
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 this day in history.
1816 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.
1821 William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on August - 21.
1824 On this day in history birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer
1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on August - 21.
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on August - 21.
1852 On this day in history birth of benedetto Junck, composer