Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on this day in history.   

0410  On August - 24 rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1217  On this day in history battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

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  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on this day in history.   

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

1456  The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on this day in history.   

1511  Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka on August - 24.   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain   

1561  On August - 24 willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon   

1572  On August - 24 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 August - 24 john Amner, composer   

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) on August - 24.   

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1608  On August - 24 1st English convoy lands at Surat India   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.   

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on August - 24.   

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on August - 24.   

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on August - 24.   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

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

1420  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  On August - 24 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