Historical Events In August - 24
Wednesday, 06 July 2022
0079 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on this day in history.
0079 On this day in history 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 Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on this day in history.
1200 John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.
1210 Floris IV, Count of Holland on August - 24.
1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on August - 24.
1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.
1217 On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.
1313 On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1349 On this day in history 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1371 Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.
1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on this day in history.
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on this day in history.
1456 The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on this day in history.
1511 On this day in history portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka
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 August - 24.
1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on this day in history.
1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on August - 24.
1572 Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
1579 On this day in history john Amner, composer
1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.
1595 On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India on August - 24.
1647 On this day in history 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 August - 24 act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1664 Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.
1666 On August - 24 francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
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