Historical Events In August - 24

1669  On this day in history alessandro Marcello, composer   

1680  On August - 24 death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671.   

1680  Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.   

1682  Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn on August - 24.   

1683  On August - 24 meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company on this day in history.   

1690  Job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta on this day in history.   

1690  Job Charnock founds Calcutta India on this day in history.   

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] on this day in history.   

1704  Sea battle at Malaga on August - 24.   

1712  On this day in history cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on August - 24.   

1724  On August - 24 andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75   

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1751  Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch on this day in history.   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade on this day in history.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on August - 24.   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1787  Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 on August - 24.   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) on this day in history.   

1789  On August - 24 the birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer   

1801  On this day in history jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68   

1808  On August - 24 benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1814  British sack Washington, DC, White House burned on August - 24.   

1814  On this day in history washington, D.C. is burned by the British.   

1814  British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on this day in history.   

1816  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.   

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer on August - 24.   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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

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

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 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.