Historical Events In August - 24

1821  New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1826  On August - 24 netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  On August - 24 walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

1828  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1831  On August - 24 john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

1833  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history.   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1842  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on August - 24.   

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on this day in history.   

1853  The first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) on this day in history.   

1853  1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY) on this day in history.   

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

1857  Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on this day in history.   

1857  The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on August - 24.   

1858  On August - 24 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on this day in history.   

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

1870  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on August - 24.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.   

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on August - 24.   

1876  On August - 24 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  On August - 24 rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on August - 24.   

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

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

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