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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 08 1518

    Conrad Lycosthenes French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)

    Aug 08 1571

    John Ward English composer born in Canterbury England (d. 1638)

    Aug 08 1605

    Cecilius Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)

    Aug 08 1617

    Adriaan W Joris van Geel Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)

    Aug 08 1646

    Godfrey Kneller German-born painter (d. 1723)

    Aug 08 1694

    Francis Hutcheson Irish philosopher (d. 1746)

    Aug 08 1705

    Gustaaf Imhoff gov of Ceylon (1736-40)gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)

    Aug 08 1720

    Carl Fredrik Pechlin Swedish politician (d. 1796)

    Aug 08 1746

    Hieronymus van Alphen Dutch attorneypoet (church songs)

    Aug 08 1763

    Charles Bulfinch 1st US pro architect (Mass State House) born in Boston Massachusetts

    Aug 08 1807

    Emilie Flygare-Carln Swedish novelist (d. 1892)

    Aug 08 1812

    John Rodgers II Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1882)

    Aug 08 1814

    Esther Morris [Esther Hobart McQuigg] American suffragist anti-slavery activist and 1st female justice of the peace in the US born in Tioga County New York (d. 1902)

    Aug 08 1819

    Charles Anderson Dana Asst Secy War (Union) (d. 1897)

    Aug 08 1820

    Winfield Scott Old Swet Featherston Army Brigadier General (Confederate)

    Aug 08 1824

    Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) Tsarina of Russia (d. 1880)

    Aug 08 1835

    James William Forsyth American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Maumee Ohio (d. 1906)

    Aug 08 1839

    Nelson Appleton Miles American Major General (Union Army) born in Westminster Massachusetts (d. 1925)

    Aug 08 1852

    Barend Barendse Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1935)

    Aug 08 1857

    Henry Osborn Conn paleontologistauthor (52 Years of Research)

    Aug 08 1861

    William Bateson English biologist (originator of term genetics)

    Aug 08 1864

    Henri de Vries [Hendricus Van Walterop] Dutch actor (Cleopatra White Cargo) born in Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands (d. 1949)

    Aug 08 1866

    Matthew A Henson 1st African American to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)

    Aug 08 1875

    Artur da Silva Bernardes President of Brazil (d. 1955)

    Aug 08 1879

    Emiliano Zapata Mexican revolutionary peasant leader

    Aug 08 1879

    Dr. Bob Smith American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous born in St. Johnsbury Vermont (d. 1950)

    Aug 08 1881

    Paul L E von Kleist German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)

    Aug 08 1884

    Sara Teasdale American poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-Love Songs)

    Aug 08 1887

    Esme Percy British actor (Murder Pygmalion Old Spanish Custom) born in London England (d. 1957)

    Aug 08 1887

    Malcolm Keen British actor ( The Lodger The Manxman The Murder Party) born in Bristol England (d. 1970)

    Aug 08 1887

    Ullrich Haupt Prussian actor (Morocco Du Barry-Woman of Passion) born in Falkenburg Pomerania Germany (d. 1931)

    Aug 08 1889

    Jack Ryder Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests 1394 runs 51.62) born in Collingwood Victoria (d. 1977)

    Aug 08 1892

    Rafael Moreno Aranzadi Spanish footballer (d. 1922)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 08 1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula

    Aug 08 1322 Emperor Godaigo makes Sojiji the chief monastery of Soto Sect

    Aug 08 1509 Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India

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