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Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

Saturday, 18 January 2025

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1680  On this day in history death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1680  Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1682  Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1690  Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1690  Job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1690  Job Charnock founds Calcutta India on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1694  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1704  On August - 24 sea battle at Malaga  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1712  On this day in history thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1725  On August - 24 johann Balthasar Kehl, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1751  Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1787  Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1787  On this day in history james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1789  On this day in history the birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1808  On this day in history benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  British sack Washington, DC, White House burned on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  On August - 24 washington, D.C. is burned by the British.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  On August - 24 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  On this day in history constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 24

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 24

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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