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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 21 1165

    Philip II Augustus 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) born in Gonesse France (d. 1223)

    Aug 21 1535

    Shimazu Yoshihiro Japanese samurai and warlord born in Kagoshima Japan (d. 1619)

    Aug 21 1567

    Francois de Sales French bishop of Geneva writer and saint born in Sainte-Mondane France (d. 1622)

    Aug 21 1597

    Roger Twysden English antiquarian and royalist born in East Peckham Kent England (d. 1672)

    Aug 21 1642

    Johann Friedrich Treiber German historian and composer born in Osthausen Arnstadt Germany (d. 1719)

    Aug 21 1643

    Afonso VI mentally ill King of Portugal (1656-67) born in Ribeira Palace Lisbon Portugal (d. 1683)

    Aug 21 1660

    Hubert Gautier French engineer wrote 1st book on bridge building born in Nmes France (d. 1737)

    Aug 21 1665

    Giacomo F. Maraldi French-Italian astronomer and mathematician born in Perinaldo Italy (d. 1729)

    Aug 21 1670

    James FitzJames 1st Duke of Berwick French military leader born in Moulins France (d. 1734)

    Aug 21 1689

    Jos Pradas Galln Spanish composer born in Villahermosa del Ro Spain (d. 1757)

    Aug 21 1721

    Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken Dutch poet born in Amsterdam (d. 1789)

    Aug 21 1725

    Jean-Baptiste Greuze French painter born in Tournus France (d. 1805)

    Aug 21 1751

    Johann Georg Witthauer German composer born in Neustadt near Coburg (d. 1802)

    Aug 21 1754

    William Murdoch Scottish inventor (oscillating cylinder steam engine) born in Cumnock East Ayrshire Scotland (d. 1839)

    Aug 21 1754

    Banastre Tarleton British soldier and politician (Waxhaws Massacre) born in Liverpool England (d. 1833)

    Aug 21 1765

    William IV King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37) born in Buckingham House London (d. 1837)

    Aug 21 1780

    Jernej Kopitar Slovene philologist and linguist (Slovenian Grammar) born in Repnje Slovenia (d. 1844)

    Aug 21 1789

    Augustin-Louis Cauchy French mathematician and physicist born in Paris (d. 1857)

    Aug 21 1798

    Jules Michelet French historian (History of France LAmour) born in Paris (d. 1874)

    Aug 21 1800

    Hiram Walden American politician born in Pawlet Vermont (d. 1880)

    Aug 21 1801

    Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Dutch statesman and historian born in Voorburg Netherlands (d. 1876)

    Aug 21 1806

    Johannes Frederik Frhlich Danish violinist and composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1860)

    Aug 21 1810

    Thomas Jefferson McKean American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Burlington Pennsylvania (d. 1870)

    Aug 21 1811

    William Kelly American inventor (pneumatic process of steelmaking) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1888)

    Aug 21 1813

    Jean Stas Belgian chemist born in Leuven Belgium (d. 1891)

    Aug 21 1816

    Charles Frdric Gerhardt French chemist born in Strasbourg France (d. 1856)

    Aug 21 1821

    William Barksdale American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Smyrna Tennessee (d. 1863)

    Aug 21 1824

    John Sanford Mason American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Steubenville Ohio (d. 1897)

    Aug 21 1825

    Kate Fanny Loder English composer and pianist born in Bathwick Street Bathwick England (d. 1904)

    Aug 21 1826

    Karl Gegenbaur German anatomist born in Wrzburg Germany (d. 1903)

    Aug 21 1829

    Otto Goldschmidt German composer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1907)

    Aug 21 1852

    Benedetto Junck Italian composer born in Turin Italy (d. 1903)

    Aug 21 1871

    Leonid Andreyev Russian journalist and writer (Red Laugh Seven Hangs) born in Oryol Russia (d. 1919)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 21 1573 Spain begin siege of Alkmaar in the Netherlands

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