Historical Events In August - 24

1821  On this day in history new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.   

1821  On August - 24 emmanuele Muzio, composer   

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

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1837  On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

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  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 August - 24.   

1854  On this day in history national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On August - 24 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on this day in history.   

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history 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  On this day in history william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.   

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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  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  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.