Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  New Mexico gains its independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

1826  Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens on August - 24.   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on August - 24.   

1828  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1828  On August - 24 george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on August - 24.   

1833  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on August - 24.   

1833  On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  On this day in history eduard Napravnik, composer   

1840  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1842  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.   

1847  On August - 24 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

1853  The first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) on August - 24.   

1853  1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY) on August - 24.   

1854  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1854  On August - 24 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on August - 24.   

1857  Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 24 the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.   

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on this day in history.   

1865  On August - 24 ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania   

1869  On August - 24 waffle iron invented   

1869  On August - 24 cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

1870  On August - 24 the Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on August - 24.   

1872  On August - 24 max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

1876  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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  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  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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 this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded