Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  On August - 24 emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1826  On August - 24 netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens   

1827  On this day in history walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

1828  Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea on August - 24.   

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

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

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

1833  On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer on August - 24.   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on August - 24.   

1840  On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  On August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1842  On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

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

1853  On August - 24 the first potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)   

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

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

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

1856  Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

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

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on August - 24.   

1869  On this day in history waffle iron invented   

1869  On this day in history cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron   

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

1872  On this day in history the birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist   

1872  On this day in history max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)   

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

1879  On August - 24 rentaro Taki, composer   

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

1886  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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 August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.