Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671 on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried   

1682  On this day in history duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn   

1683  On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company on August - 24.   

1690  Job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta on August - 24.   

1690  Job Charnock founds Calcutta India on August - 24.   

1694  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

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  On this day in history the birth of George Stubbs, British painter   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer on August - 24.   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer on this day in history.   

1751  Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch on August - 24.   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade on August - 24.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1772  On August - 24 willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1787  On August - 24 wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526   

1787  On August - 24 james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)   

1789  The birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer on this day in history.   

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

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1814  British sack Washington, DC, White House burned on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

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

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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.