Historical Events In August - 24

0079  On this day in history mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum   

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1200  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  On August - 24 battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France   

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

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

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

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

1391  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.   

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

1579  John Amner, composer on August - 24.   

1591  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish   

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on August - 24.   

1664  Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1542  On August - 24 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.