Historical Events In August - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0079 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on August - 24.
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 August - 24.
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 August - 24.
1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on this day in history.
1217 On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.
1313 On August - 24 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 On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on August - 24.
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 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on this day in history.
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 Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
1579 John Amner, composer on this day in history.
1591 On this day in history robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
1595 On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
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 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 On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
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