Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1826  On this day in history netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  On August - 24 walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

1828  On August - 24 dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea   

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 24.   

1831  John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.   

1837  On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on August - 24.   

1842  On August - 24 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

1847  Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" on this day in history.   

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

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

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer   

1857  On August - 24 thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

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

1858  On August - 24 richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning   

1865  On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania   

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  On August - 24 cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

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

1872  On August - 24 the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

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

1876  Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed on August - 24.   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.   

1880  On August - 24 miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships on August - 24.   

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.