Page 3: Historical Events In August - 24

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 24.   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

1839  Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.   

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

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

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

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 August - 24.   

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

1854  On August - 24 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

1854  On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

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  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 this day in history.   

1865  Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania on this day in history.   

1869  Waffle iron invented on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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

1886  On this day in history william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships   

1888  On this day in history 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  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

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

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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 this day in history.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded