Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer  

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

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 24.  

1831  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65  

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.  

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1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.  

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  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)  

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland  

1854  On August - 24 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1865  On August - 24 ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania  

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.  

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  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  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 August - 24.  

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.  

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.  

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

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

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

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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 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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  

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