Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer  

1826  Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on August - 24.  

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on this day in history.  

1828  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on August - 24.  

1828  On this day in history george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on August - 24.  

1833  On this day in history hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina  

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1842  On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)  

1847  On August - 24 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"  

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

1853  On August - 24 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)  

1854  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on August - 24.  

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 24.  

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on August - 24.  

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron  

1870  On August - 24 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.  

1872  On August - 24 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist  

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on August - 24.  

1876  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer  

1880  On August - 24 miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat  

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on August - 24.  

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.  

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.  

1540  On this day in history 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.