Historical Events In August - 24
Monday, 04 July 2022
1821 On this day in history new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
1821 On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer
1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on this day in history.
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 On August - 24 george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on this day in history.
1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history.
1833 On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65
1837 On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer
1839 On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer
1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1841 On August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36
1842 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.
1847 On August - 24 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"
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 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on August - 24.
1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.
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 August - 24.
1857 The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
1865 Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on this day in history.
1869 On August - 24 waffle iron invented
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 On August - 24 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist
1872 Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history 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 On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.
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