Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

1826  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

1828  On August - 24 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 this day in history hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  On August - 24 eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on August - 24.   

1842  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on August - 24.   

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

1853  On this day in history 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  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.   

1856  On this day in history felix Mottl, composer   

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  The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 24 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

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 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  On August - 24 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

1876  On August - 24 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  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 this day in history.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

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  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  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded