Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On August - 24 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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland on this day in history.   

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

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on August - 24.   

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

1313  Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies on August - 24.   

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

1349  On August - 24 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz   

1371  On August - 24 eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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

1420  On August - 24 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  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.   

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

1572  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on this day in history.   

1572  Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.   

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

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

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

1647  On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 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  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history 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  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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On August - 24 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  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 August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded