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Jul 24 1660

Charles Talbot 1st Duke of Shrewsbury English politician (d. 1718)

Jul 24 1720

Louise Ulrike queen of Sweden and wife of Adolf Frederik born in Berlin Germany (d. 1782)

Jul 24 1725

John Newton English cleric and hymnist born in Wapping London (d. 1807)

Jul 24 1738

Elizabeth Betje Wolff-Bekker Dutch author and poet (Sara Burgerhart) born in Flushing Netherlands (d. 1804)

Jul 24 1757

Vladimir Borovikovsky [Vldymyr Borovyk] Russian painter born in Myrhorod (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)

Jul 24 1759

Victor Emmanuel I King of Sardinia (1802-21) born in Royal Palace of Turin Italy (d. 1824)

Jul 24 1775

Eugne Franois Vidocq French criminal and police detective born in Arras France (d. 1857)

Jul 24 1786

Joseph Nicollet French mathematician and explorer born in Cluses Savoy France (d. 1843)

Jul 24 1794

Heinrich Christian Pander Baltic German biologist and embryologist born in Riga Latvia (d. 1865)

Jul 24 1796

Herman van Sonsbeeck Dutch lawyer and statesman born in Zwolle Netherlands (d. 1865)

Jul 24 1796

John Middleton Clayton U.S. Secretary of State (1849-50) and U.S. Senator from Delaware born in Dagsboro Delaware (d. 1856)

Jul 24 1798

John Adams Dix American Major General (Union Army) born in Boscawen New Hampshire (d. 1879)

Jul 24 1803

Alexander Jackson Davis American architect (gothic revivalist) born in NYC New York (d. 1892)

Jul 24 1807

Ira Aldridge famed 19th century African American Shakespearian actor (Othello) born in NYC New York (d. 1867)

Jul 24 1815

Arnaud-Michel dAbbadie French explorer (Ethiopia) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1893)

Jul 24 1817

Adolphe [Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich] Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) born in Biebrich Palace Wiesbaden Duchy of Nassau (d. 1905)

Jul 24 1818

Flix Godefroid Belgian harpist and composer born in Namur Belgium (d. 1897)

Jul 24 1827

Julius A. De Lagnel American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 1912)

Jul 24 1832

Johann Christoph Lauterbach German violinist and concert master born in Kulmbach Germany (d. 1918)

Jul 24 1836

Jan Bloch Polish military theorist and peace activist born in Radom Poland (d. 1902)

Jul 24 1841

Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta Spanish Realistic painter born in Rome (d. 1920)

Jul 24 1851

Friedrich Schottky German mathematician (Schottkys theorem) born in Breslau Germany (d. 1935)

Jul 24 1856

Charles mile Picard French mathematician born in Paris (d. 1941)

Jul 24 1857

Henrik Pontoppidan Danish writer (Promised Country Nobel 1917) born in Fredericia Denmark (d. 1943)

Jul 24 1858

Wolfgang Kapp German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) born in NYC New York (d. 1922)

Jul 24 1860

Alphonse Mucha Czech Nouveau painter and artist born in Ivanice Margraviate of Moravia Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1939)

Jul 24 1862

Johan A de Sleeve [Adwaita] philosopher and poet (Brahman)

Jul 24 1864

Frank Wedekind German actor and playwright (The Lulu plays) born in Hanover German Confederation (d. 1918)

Jul 24 1864

Michel-Gaston Carraud French composer born in Le Me-sur-Seine France (d. 1920)

Jul 24 1867

Fred Tate English cricketer (father of Maurice 1 Test Eng v Aus 1902) born in Brighton England (d. 1943)

Jul 24 1867

Edward Frederic Benson English novelist born in Wellington College Berkshire England (d. 1940)

Jul 24 1867

Vicente Acosta Salvadoran poet born in Apopa El Salvador (d. the same day 1908)

Jul 24 1870

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. American landscape architect born in Staten Island New York (d. 1957)

Jul 24 1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily

Jul 24 1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade

Jul 24 1411 Battle of Harlaw one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland takes place

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