Historical Events In August - 24
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
0079 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on this day in history.
0079 On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die
0410 On this day in history rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
1103 On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on August - 24.
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 this day in history 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 August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1349 On this day in history 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 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.
1420 On August - 24 albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)
1456 On this day in history the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1511 On this day in history portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka
1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on this day in history.
1531 On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer
1542 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.
1561 On this day in history 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 Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
1579 On this day in history john Amner, composer
1591 On August - 24 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 August - 24.
1647 On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1654 On this day in history louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht
1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on this day in history.
1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on August - 24.
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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