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

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

1113  On August - 24 geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

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

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

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.  

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

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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  On this day in history 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz  

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

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on this day in history.  

1420  On this day in history 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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.  

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain  

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

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

1572  On this day in history gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.  

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

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1666  On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57  

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.  

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

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.  

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

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.