Historical Events In August - 24

1821  On August - 24 new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.  

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1828  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.  

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.  

1840  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89  

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on August - 24.  

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  On August - 24 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  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  On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning  

1865  On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania  

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.  

1869  On August - 24 cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron  

1870  On August - 24 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  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 August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies  

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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  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

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 August - 24.  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.  

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

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  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.