Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on this day in history.  

0410  On August - 24 rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire  

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

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

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

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

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.  

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1349  6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz on August - 24.  

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

1391  On this day in history 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  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on this day in history.  

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain  

1561  On August - 24 willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon  

1572  On August - 24 king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants  

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

1579  On this day in history john Amner, composer  

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

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

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  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.  

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

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.  

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

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

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  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 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  On August - 24 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  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.