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

1827  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.  

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on August - 24.  

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  On August - 24 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  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.  

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 24.  

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.  

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on August - 24.  

1886  On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships  

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  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 this day in history.  

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

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  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  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

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

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

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

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 August - 24.  

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.