Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum  

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on August - 24.  

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1210  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland  

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

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

1371  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.  

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

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

1511  On August - 24 portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka  

1516  On this day in history battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria  

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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

1561  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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

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  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.  

1658  On August - 24 battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish  

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

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

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

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 August - 24.  

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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 this day in history 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  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  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded