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

1682  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta.  

1690  On August - 24 job Charnock founds Calcutta India  

1694  On August - 24 theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]  

1704  On this day in history sea battle at Malaga  

1712  On August - 24 cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer  

1712  On this day in history thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54  

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 this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer  

1751  On August - 24 thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch  

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 August - 24.  

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

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

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

1787  On this day in history james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  

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

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

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

1814  On August - 24 washington, D.C. is burned by the British.  

1814  On this day in history british forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks  

1816  On August - 24 the Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.  

1816  On August - 24 daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables  

1817  On August - 24 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]  

1820  On August - 24 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  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

1113  On this day in history 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 August - 24.  

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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 this day in history.