Historical Events In August - 24
Monday, 06 February 2023
0079 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on August - 24.
1200 On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.
1210 On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland
1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on this day in history.
1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.
1217 On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.
1313 On August - 24 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 August - 24.
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 this day in history ercole Bottrigari, composer
1542 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.
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 this day in history gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded
1579 On August - 24 john Amner, composer
1591 On this day in history 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 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.
1654 On this day in history louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht
1658 On August - 24 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 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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