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 this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

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

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

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

1833  On August - 24 hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on August - 24.   

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1842  On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 24 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  On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

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

1869  On August - 24 waffle iron invented   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

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

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

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

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

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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

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 August - 24.   

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

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

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

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded