Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On August - 24 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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

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 this day in history floris IV, Count of Holland  

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

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

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.  

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

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

1511  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history john Amner, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1658  On this day in history battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish  

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on this day in history.  

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.  

1666  On August - 24 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 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 August - 24.  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 August - 24.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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 August - 24.  

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

1542  On this day in history 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.