Historical Events In August - 24

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on this day in history.   

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

0410  On this day in history 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 August - 24 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  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  On this day in history battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on this day in history.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1349  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on August - 24.   

1516  On this day in history 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 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  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.   

1608  1st English convoy lands at Surat India on this day in history.   

1647  On August - 24 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 August - 24 act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer   

1664  On this day in history maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

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

0079  On August - 24 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  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 this day in history.