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  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on this day in history.  

1828  On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea  

1828  On this day in history george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

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 this day in history.  

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.  

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.  

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 this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.  

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on August - 24.  

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 this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed  

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.  

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded