Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

1828  On this day in history dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

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

1831  On August - 24 john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

1833  On August - 24 hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

1833  On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

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

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on August - 24.   

1853  The first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) on this day in history.   

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

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

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

1857  Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on this day in history.   

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

1872  On this day in history 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  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.   

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

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

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

1393  On this day in history 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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded