Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65  

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer  

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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 August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36  

1842  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer  

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented  

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.  

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

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.  

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.  

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

1879  On August - 24 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  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies  

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1113  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1103  On this day in history 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  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.  

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  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded