Historical Events In August - 24
Saturday, 08 February 2025
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 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 On this day in history 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 August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1217 On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1217 On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on this day in history.
1313 On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1349 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz on August - 24.
1371 Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.
1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.
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 Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on August - 24.
1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on August - 24.
1531 On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer
1542 On this day in history conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on this day in history.
1572 On August - 24 king Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1572 On this day in history gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded
1579 John Amner, composer on this day in history.
1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.
1595 On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India on this day in history.
1647 On August - 24 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 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on August - 24.
1664 On this day in history maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
1666 On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
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