Historical Events In August - 24

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

0079  Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.   

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

1215  On August - 24 pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid   

1217  Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 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, 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  On this day in history eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1391  On this day in history jews of Palma Majorca massacred   

1420  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer on this day in history.   

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  King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 24.   

1608  On this day in history 1st English convoy lands at Surat India   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

1654  On this day in history louis II Condé disbands ends of Atrecht   

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

1662  Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer on this day in history.   

1664  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

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