Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1821 On this day in history new Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
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 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 On this day in history john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1833 On August - 24 hMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1833 On August - 24 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65
1837 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1842 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"
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 August - 24.
1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.
1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history felix Mottl, composer
1857 Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia on August - 24.
1857 On August - 24 the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.
1858 On this day in history richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
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 The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion on this day in history.
1872 On August - 24 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 On this day in history riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1879 On this day in history rentaro Taki, composer
1880 Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat on August - 24.
1886 On this day in history william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.
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