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  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on this day in history.  

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

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

1200  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.  

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

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

1217  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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  On this day in history the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.  

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on August - 24.  

1516  On August - 24 battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.  

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  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on this day in history.  

1572  On August - 24 gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.  

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies  

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

1647  On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61  

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

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on this day in history.  

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

1664  On this day in history maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)  

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on August - 24.  

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

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

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

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

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.  

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

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.