Historical Events In August - 24

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 24 john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.  

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

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

1217  On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France  

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

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1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred  

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

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

1511  On this day in history portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka  

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

1531  On this day in history ercole Bottrigari, composer  

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.  

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

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 August - 24.  

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.  

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

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

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

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61  

1654  On this day in history louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht  

1658  On August - 24 battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish  

1662  On this day in history act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer  

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on August - 24.  

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

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24 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  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

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

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 August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded