Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

1552  On this day in history birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)   

1579  John Amner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1580  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) was born on August - 24.   

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on August - 24.   

1635  On this day in history birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)   

1669  On this day in history birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on August - 24.   

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.   

1707  On August - 24 birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer was born on August - 24.   

1750  On August - 24 birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)   

1758  On this day in history birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on August - 24.   

1772  On August - 24 birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1772  King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on August - 24.   

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1808  On August - 24 birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

1816  On August - 24 birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on August - 24.   

1817  On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

1820  On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer   

1821  On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1827  On August - 24 birth of walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

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0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.