Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

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

1200  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1371  Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  

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

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1561  On August - 24 willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon  

1572  On this day in history king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants  

1572  On this day in history gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.  

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on August - 24.  

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.  

1608  On August - 24 1st English convoy lands at Surat India  

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  On August - 24 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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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  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.  

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  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On August - 24 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.