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  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  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  Floris IV, Count of Holland on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.  

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

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

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

1516  Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on this day in history.  

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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

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

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  On this day in history john Amner, composer  

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

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.  

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

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

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on August - 24.  

1664  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  

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

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.  

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