Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  On August - 24 mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die   

0410  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1200  John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral on August - 24.   

1210  On August - 24 floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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

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

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 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  Jews of Palma Majorca massacred on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on August - 24.   

1542  On August - 24 conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain   

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

1579  John Amner, composer on this day in history.   

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

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

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

1666  On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57   

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1113  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1371  On August - 24 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  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 August - 24.