Historical Events In August - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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