1759
William Wilberforce (August 24, 1759 - July 29, 1833)
was born at 25 High Street, Hull to wider prosperous Hull merchant family.
On this day
August 24
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on August 24 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
1 event
1 century
1 country
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