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 this day in history.   

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on August - 24.   

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

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on this day in history.   

1200  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

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

1349  6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz on this day in history.   

1371  On August - 24 eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

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

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

1511  On August - 24 portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

1516  Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on this day in history.   

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  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  John Amner, composer on August - 24.   

1591  On August - 24 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  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on August - 24.   

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

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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 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.