Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

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

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

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

1200  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.   

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

1215  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on this day in history.   

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

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

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

1456  The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on August - 24.   

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on this day in history.   

1516  Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria on this day in history.   

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1542  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Amner, composer   

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on this day in history.   

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

1608  On this day in history 1st English convoy lands at Surat India   

1647  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1664  On this day in history maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  On this day in history 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  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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

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  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 August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 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