Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum   

0079  On this day in history 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  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  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  On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

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

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1572  On August - 24 king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants   

1572  Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.   

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 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 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  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  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  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

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

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

1103  On August - 24 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  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1371  On August - 24 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  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

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