Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24
Monday, 03 November 2025
1821 New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on August - 24. 

1821 On August - 24 emmanuele Muzio, composer 

1826 On August - 24 netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens 

1827 On August - 24 walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 

1828 On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 

1828 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history. 

1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on August - 24. 

1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history. 

1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1837 Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history. 

1839 On August - 24 eduard Napravnik, composer 

1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history. 

1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on August - 24. 

1842 On August - 24 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) 

1847 On this day in history charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" 

1853 The first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) on this day in history. 

1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY) on this day in history. 

1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history. 

1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24. 

1856 On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer 

1857 Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on August - 24. 

1857 The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on August - 24. 

1858 On August - 24 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 

1865 On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania 

1869 Waffle iron invented on this day in history. 

1869 On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron 

1870 On August - 24 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion. 

1872 On August - 24 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist 

1872 Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on August - 24. 

1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history. 

1879 On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer 

1880 On August - 24 miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat 

1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on this day in history. 

1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24. 

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