Historical Events In August - 24

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on this day in history.   

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on August - 24.   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1113  On August - 24 geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1200  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland on this day in history.   

1215  On this day in history pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.   

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

1349  6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz on this day in history.   

1371  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  On August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

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

1456  On August - 24 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

1511  On this day in history portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

1516  On this day in history battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria   

1531  On this day in history ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on this day in history.   

1561  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants   

1572  Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.   

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.   

1591  On August - 24 robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1608  On August - 24 1st English convoy lands at Surat India   

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on August - 24.   

1658  On this day in history battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish   

1662  On this day in history act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer   

1664  On August - 24 maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1113  On this day in history 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  On August - 24 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  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

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 August - 24.   

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 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.