Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  On August - 24 new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

1828  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on August - 24.   

1833  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on August - 24.   

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

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

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  On this day in history charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

1853  On this day in history the first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)   

1853  On this day in history 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY)   

1854  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on August - 24.   

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on August - 24.   

1857  On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

1857  The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on this day in 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 August - 24 waffle iron invented   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

1870  On August - 24 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.   

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 24 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  On this day in history miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

1886  On this day in history william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.   

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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  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  On this day in history 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  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.