Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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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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  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

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

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  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.