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 August - 24 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  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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

1391  On this day in history 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  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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1579  On August - 24 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history 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 August - 24 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 August - 24.   

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

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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  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 August - 24.   

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

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.