Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1826  Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on this day in history.   

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  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on August - 24.   

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.   

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

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

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 this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

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

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

1870  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on August - 24.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.   

1872  On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

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

1879  On August - 24 rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  On this day in history 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  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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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 August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.