Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

0410  On August - 24 rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire   

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

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

1200  On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.   

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

1215  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

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

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

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

1349  On August - 24 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz   

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

1391  On August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

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

1456  The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on this day in history.   

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

1516  On August - 24 battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.   

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.   

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

1572  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 24 gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.   

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on this day in history.   

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

1647  On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1654  On August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

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  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  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded