Historical Events In August - 24
Sunday, 07 March 2021
1821 New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on August - 24.
1821 Emmanuele Muzio, composer on August - 24.
1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on this day in history.
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on August - 24.
1828 On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1828 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 24.
1831 On this day in history 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 August - 24.
1841 On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36
1842 On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)
1847 Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on August - 24.
1853 On August - 24 the first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.
1856 On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer
1857 Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on August - 24.
1857 On this day in history the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.
1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on August - 24.
1865 On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania
1869 On August - 24 waffle iron invented
1869 Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
1872 The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.
1872 On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)
1876 On August - 24 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1879 Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.
1880 On this day in history miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat
1886 On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1888 On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies
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