Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on August - 24.   

1826  On this day in history netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

1828  On this day in history george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  On August - 24 john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

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

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  On August - 24 eduard Napravnik, composer   

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

1841  On August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

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 August - 24.   

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  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  On this day in history felix Mottl, composer   

1857  On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

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

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.   

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

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  On August - 24 cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

1870  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.   

1872  On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

1876  On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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 August - 24.   

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 this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded