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  Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on August - 24.   

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 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  On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

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

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1842  On August - 24 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on this day in history.   

1853  On August - 24 the first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)   

1853  1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  On this day in history felix Mottl, composer   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

1876  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on August - 24.   

1879  On August - 24 rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  On this day in history miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

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

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 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  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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

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

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

1371  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded