Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on August - 24.   

1680  On this day in history death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671.   

1680  Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.   

1682  Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  On this day in history calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.   

1690  On this day in history job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta.   

1690  On August - 24 job Charnock founds Calcutta India   

1694  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1704  Sea battle at Malaga on August - 24.   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer on August - 24.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on this day in history.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1725  On August - 24 johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  On August - 24 david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1751  On August - 24 thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade on August - 24.   

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

1770  On August - 24 thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies   

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history the birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer   

1801  On this day in history jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68   

1808  On August - 24 benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1814  On this day in history british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

1814  Washington, D.C. is burned by the British on this day in history.   

1814  British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on August - 24.   

1816  On August - 24 the Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.   

1816  On August - 24 daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  On August - 24 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

1820  On this day in history constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.   

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

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

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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

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

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

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

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