1113 On August - 24 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 August - 24.
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 On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
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 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 August - 24.
1572 On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded