Historical Events In August - 24

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum on August - 24.   

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

0410  Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire on August - 24.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

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

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  On this day in history floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on this day in history.   

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

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, dies.   

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

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

1371  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

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

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

1511  On this day in history portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

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

1531  On August - 24 ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on this day in history.   

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

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.   

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

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

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

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

1654  On this day in history louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

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

1662  On August - 24 act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer   

1664  On August - 24 maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

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  On August - 24 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 this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

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