Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum   

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

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid on August - 24.   

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France on this day in history.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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

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

1391  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

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

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

1511  On August - 24 portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1579  On August - 24 john Amner, composer   

1591  On this day in history robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1658  Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish on this day in history.   

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

1664  On this day in history maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On this day in history 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 August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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