Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum  

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on this day in history.  

0410  On August - 24 rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid  

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.  

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.  

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.  

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on this day in history.  

1349  On August - 24 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  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on this day in history.  

1456  On August - 24 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.  

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  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer  

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain  

1561  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.  

1591  On this day in history robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)  

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on this day in history.  

1608  On this day in history 1st English convoy lands at Surat India  

1647  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on this day in history.  

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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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  

1113  On August - 24 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.  

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded