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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 24 1113

    Geoffrey Plantagenet Count of Anjou conquered Normandy born in Le Mans France (d. 1151)

    Aug 24 1198

    King Alexander II of Scotland born in Haddington East Lothian Scotland (d. 1249)

    Aug 24 1210

    Floris IV Count of Holland born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1234)

    Aug 24 1358

    King John I of Castile (1379-90) born in pila Spain (d. 1390)

    Aug 24 1393

    Arthur III Duke of Brittany born in Chteau de Suscinio Sarzeau France (d. 1458)

    Aug 24 1420

    Albrecht van Eyb German humanist (Bamberg & Eichstattt) born in Ansbach Germany (d. 1475)

    Aug 24 1531

    Ercole Bottrigari Italian composer born in Bologna (d. 1612)

    Aug 24 1552

    Lavinia Fontana Italian painter born in Bologna Italy (d. 1614)

    Aug 24 1561

    Bartholomeus Pitiscus German mathematician (Trigonometry) born in Zielona Gra Poland (d. 1613)

    Aug 24 1579

    John Amner English composer born in Ely Cambridgeshire (d. 1641)

    Aug 24 1580

    John Taylor English poet (An Arrant Thief) born in Gloucester England (d. 1654)

    Aug 24 1591

    Robert Herrick English poet (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) baptized in London (d. 1674)

    Aug 24 1635

    Peder Griffenfeld Danish statesman born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1699)

    Aug 24 1683

    Meinrad Spiess German composer born in Honsolgen (d. 1761)

    Aug 24 1694

    Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff German adventurer and King of Corsica [or 825] born in Cologne Germany (d. 1756)

    Aug 24 1707

    Selina Hastings Countess of Huntingdon English evangelical revivalist born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire (d. 1791)

    Aug 24 1712

    Cornelis Douwes Dutch mathematician and astronomer born in Terschelling Netherlands (d. 1773)

    Aug 24 1725

    Johann Balthasar Kehl German composer born in Coburg Germany (d. 1778)

    Aug 24 1733

    David Traugott Nicolai German composer born in Grlitz Germany (d. 1799)

    Aug 24 1750

    Letizia Ramolino Italian noble and mother of Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio France (d. 1836)

    Aug 24 1758

    Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen of Denmark and Norway born in Schwerin Germany (d. 1794)

    Aug 24 1772

    William I Frederick King of the Netherlands (1815-40) and Grand Duke of Luxembourg born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1843)

    Aug 24 1787

    James Weddell British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) born in Ostend Belgium (d. 1834)

    Aug 24 1808

    Thomas Fenwick Drayton Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 1891)

    Aug 24 1816

    Daniel Gooch English engineer laid 1st successful transatlantic cables born in Bedlington Northumberland England (d. 1889)

    Aug 24 1817

    Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Russian novelist poet and playwright (Prince Serebrenni) born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1875)

    Aug 24 1820

    Jacopo Tomadini Italian composer born in Cividale del Friuli Italy (d. 1883)

    Aug 24 1821

    Emanuele Muzio Italian composer born in Zibello Italy (d. 1890)

    Aug 24 1827

    Walter Husted Stevens Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Penn Yan New York (d. 1867)

    Aug 24 1828

    George Hume Maryland Steuart Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1903)

    Aug 24 1837

    Theodore Dubois French composer born in Rosnay Marne France (d. 1924)

    Aug 24 1839

    Eduard Napravnik Czech conductor and composer born in B Czech Republic (d. 1916)

    Aug 24 1842

    Edouard J. A. Agneessens Flemish painter (Slave Market) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1885)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 24 1217 Battle of South Foreland English fleet beats France

    Aug 24 1349 6000 Jews blamed for the Plague are killed in Mainz

    Aug 24 1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism

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