Historical Events In August - 24

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.  

1313  On this day in history 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 August - 24 eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1391  On August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on this day in history.  

1456  On August - 24 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.  

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 August - 24.  

1572  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on August - 24.  

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  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies  

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

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61  

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

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

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

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

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

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

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on this day in history.  

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.  

1542  On August - 24 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