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  On this day in history dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

1828  On August - 24 george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on this day in history.   

1833  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history.   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on this day in history.   

1853  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1869  Waffle iron invented on August - 24.   

1869  On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

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  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  Rentaro Taki, composer on August - 24.   

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

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on August - 24.   

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

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

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

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

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

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

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

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