Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die  

0410  On August - 24 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  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland  

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 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 August - 24.  

1371  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1391  On August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred  

1420  On August - 24 albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

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

1511  On August - 24 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 this day in history conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain  

1561  On this day in history willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon  

1572  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on August - 24.  

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

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

1654  On August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht  

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

1662  On this day in history 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 August - 24 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

0079  On August - 24 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 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 this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.