Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on August - 24.  

0410  On this day in history rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire  

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

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 this day in history.  

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland on August - 24.  

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on August - 24.  

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on this day in history.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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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 this day in history.  

1349  6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz on this day in history.  

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

1391  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred  

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  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on this day in history.  

1516  Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on August - 24.  

1531  On this day in history ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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

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

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.  

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

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on August - 24.  

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on August - 24.  

1662  On August - 24 act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer  

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57  

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.  

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

1210  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On this day in history 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