Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

1821  On this day in history new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.   

1821  On this day in history emmanuele Muzio, composer   

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

1827  On this day in history 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  HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina on this day in history.   

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

1837  On August - 24 theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  On August - 24 eduard Napravnik, composer   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1854  National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on August - 24.   

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

1856  On August - 24 felix Mottl, composer   

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

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

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 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  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) on August - 24.   

1876  On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.   

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

1886  On August - 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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

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

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded