Historical Events In August - 24

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

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  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

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

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1847  On August - 24 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

1853  On August - 24 the first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)   

1853  On August - 24 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)   

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

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on August - 24.   

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

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

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on August - 24.   

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

1869  On August - 24 waffle iron invented   

1869  On August - 24 cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

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

1872  On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

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

1876  On August - 24 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on August - 24.   

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

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on August - 24.   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

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 August - 24 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 August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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

1542  On August - 24 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