Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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  On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer   

1580  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)   

1591  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on August - 24.   

1669  On August - 24 birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1707  On this day in history birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)   

1712  On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on August - 24.   

1733  On this day in history birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1758  Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on August - 24.   

1759  On August - 24 birth of william Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

1817  On August - 24 birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on August - 24.   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on August - 24.   

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

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

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.