Historical Events In August - 24

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on August - 24.   

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on this day in history.   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1113  On August - 24 geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1200  On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.   

1210  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  On this day in history pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1349  On August - 24 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz   

1371  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on this day in history.   

1456  On this day in history the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on August - 24.   

1516  On August - 24 battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on this day in history.   

1561  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on August - 24.   

1572  On August - 24 king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants   

1572  On August - 24 gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.   

1591  On August - 24 robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.   

1608  On this day in history 1st English convoy lands at Surat India   

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1654  On August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer   

1664  On August - 24 maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on August - 24.   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded