Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on August - 24.   

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

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

1200  On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.   

1210  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on this day in history.   

1217  On this day in history battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

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

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

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

1456  On this day in history the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

1511  On August - 24 portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

1516  On this day in history 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  On this day in history king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants   

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

1579  On this day in history john Amner, composer   

1591  On August - 24 robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1608  1st English convoy lands at Surat India on August - 24.   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  On August - 24 francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

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  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.