Page 3: 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 August - 24 netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on August - 24.   

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  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  On August - 24 eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 24.   

1854  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania   

1869  Waffle iron invented on August - 24.   

1869  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

1876  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

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

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

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

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.