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 August - 24.   

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

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

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

1828  George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1831  On August - 24 john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

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 this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  On August - 24 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  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 this day in history.   

1853  1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs NY) on this day in history.   

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

1854  Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on August - 24.   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

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

1858  Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist on this day in history.   

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 24 riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer   

1880  On this day in history miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

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

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

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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  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

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

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 this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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

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

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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

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