Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1837  On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer  

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 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  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer  

1856  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on August - 24.  

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on this day in history.  

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron  

1870  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.  

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.  

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  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.  

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 August - 24.  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  

1113  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

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 this day in history.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 24.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded