Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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 August - 24.   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on August - 24.   

1828  On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

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  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.   

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1842  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.   

1847  On August - 24 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

1853  The first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) on August - 24.   

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 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  On August - 24 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

1865  On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania   

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.   

1869  Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron on August - 24.   

1870  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

1876  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

1886  On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

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

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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 August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history 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  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded