Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671 on August - 24.   

1680  On August - 24 ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried   

1682  On this day in history duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn   

1683  On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company on August - 24.   

1690  On August - 24 job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta.   

1690  On this day in history job Charnock founds Calcutta India   

1694  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1704  On August - 24 sea battle at Malaga   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on August - 24.   

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on August - 24.   

1724  On this day in history andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75   

1725  On August - 24 johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer on this day in history.   

1751  On August - 24 thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch   

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade on this day in history.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1787  Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 on this day in history.   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) on August - 24.   

1789  The birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer on this day in history.   

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1814  On August - 24 british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

1814  On August - 24 washington, D.C. is burned by the British.   

1814  British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on August - 24.   

1816  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri on August - 24.   

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables on August - 24.   

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] on this day in history.   

1820  Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century on August - 24.   

1820  On August - 24 jacopo Tomadini, composer   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On this day in history 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 August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded