Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on August - 24.   

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

1683  On August - 24 meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  On August - 24 calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.   

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  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] on August - 24.   

1704  On August - 24 sea battle at Malaga   

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

1712  On August - 24 thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54   

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on this day in history.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  On August - 24 david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1751  On this day in history thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch   

1759  On August - 24 william Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on August - 24.   

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) on August - 24.   

1787  On this day in history wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526   

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  On August - 24 jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68   

1808  On this day in history benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1814  On August - 24 british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

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

1814  On August - 24 british forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks   

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  Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century on this day in history.   

1820  On August - 24 jacopo Tomadini, composer   

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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  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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

1420  On this day in history 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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded