Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on August - 24.   

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

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

1682  Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  On this day in history calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.   

1690  On this day in history 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  Sea battle at Malaga on this day in history.   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1725  On this day in history johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

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

1751  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

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 August - 24.   

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

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

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  Washington, D.C. is burned by the British on this day in history.   

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

1816  On this day in history the Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

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