Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1826  Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on August - 24.   

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  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on August - 24.   

1853  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On August - 24 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer   

1857  On August - 24 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  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

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

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

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on August - 24.   

1880  On this day in history 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 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 August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

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 August - 24 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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

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.