Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on August - 24.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

1831  On this day in history john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

1833  On August - 24 hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

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

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.   

1840  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history 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  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  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on August - 24.   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on August - 24.   

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

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on this day in history.   

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

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  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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

1103  On August - 24 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history 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