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

1200  On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland on August - 24.   

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  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 August - 24.   

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

1371  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

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

1516  On August - 24 battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain   

1561  On this day in history willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon   

1572  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on August - 24.   

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

1579  On August - 24 john Amner, composer   

1591  On August - 24 robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1595  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

1658  On this day in history battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish   

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

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded