Page 2: Historical Events In August - 24

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671 on August - 24.   

1680  Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on August - 24.   

1682  On August - 24 duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn   

1683  On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer   

1690  Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company on August - 24.   

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.   

1690  Job Charnock founds Calcutta India on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1704  On August - 24 sea battle at Malaga   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer on August - 24.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on August - 24.   

1724  The birth of George Stubbs, British painter on August - 24.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer on August - 24.   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer on this day in history.   

1751  Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history william Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1787  Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)   

1789  The birth of James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer on August - 24.   

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

1814  Washington, D.C. is burned by the British on August - 24.   

1814  British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on this day in history.   

1816  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri on August - 24.   

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables on this day in history.   

1817  On August - 24 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

1820  On this day in history constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.   

1820  On August - 24 jacopo Tomadini, composer   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded