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

1103  On August - 24 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 24.   

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

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

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

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on August - 24.   

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

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

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

1531  On this day in history ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1542  Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain on August - 24.   

1561  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon on August - 24.   

1572  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1595  On this day in history 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 August - 24 louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

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

1662  On this day in history act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer   

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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 August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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 this day in history.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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

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

1540  On August - 24 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