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

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  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.   

1210  On this day in history floris IV, Count of Holland   

1215  On this day in history pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

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

1391  On August - 24 jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

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

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

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

1516  On this day in history 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  On this day in history willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon   

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

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1654  Louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht on this day in history.   

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

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  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.