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 August - 24.  

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

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

1215  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid  

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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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 this day in history 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 August - 24.  

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

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

1516  On August - 24 battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria  

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer  

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain  

1561  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on this day in history.  

1572  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.  

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies  

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

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

1654  On August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht  

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on this day in history.  

1662  On August - 24 act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer  

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.  

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

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

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