Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum  

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 August - 24.  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland  

1215  On this day in history pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid  

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on this day in history.  

1217  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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

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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants  

1572  On August - 24 gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 24.  

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

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  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on August - 24.  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

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

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.  

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.  

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  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 24.