Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on this day in history.   

0410  On this day in history rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire   

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

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

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  On this day in history floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on this day in history.   

1217  On this day in history battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

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

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

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

1371  On August - 24 eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on August - 24.   

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

1511  On August - 24 portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

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

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain   

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  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on August - 24.   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.   

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  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.   

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on August - 24.   

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on this day in history.   

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.   

1666  On August - 24 francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

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

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 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 August - 24 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 this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

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