Events on 24 August 66
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Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father .
Year 394
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
Year 455
The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
Year 1200
King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
Year 1349
Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.[1]
Year 1482
The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
Birthdays on 24 August 203
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Fujiwara no Genshi
b. 1016 – d. 1039
Fujiwara no Genshi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1039)
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
b. 1113 – d. 1151
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)
Alexander II of Scotland
b. 1198 – d. 1249
Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
John I of Castile
b. 1358 – d. 1390
John I of Castile (b. 1358)
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
b. 1393 – d. 1458
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
Thomas Rotherham
b. 1423 – d. 1500
Thomas Rotherham, English cleric (d. 1500)
John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony
b. 1498 – d. 1537
John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (d. 1537)
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen
b. 1510 – d. 1558
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (d. 1558)
Lavinia Fontana
b. 1552 – d. 1614
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter and educator (d. 1614)
Sophia Brahe
b. 1556 – d. 1643
Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (d. 1643)
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
b. 1561 – d. 1626
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (d. 1626)
John Taylor (poet)
b. 1578 – d. 1653
John Taylor, English poet and author (d. 1653)
Deaths on 24 August 94
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Fu Youyi
d. 691
Fu Youyi, official of the Tang Dynasty
Emperor Saga
d. 842 (b. 786)
Saga, emperor of Japan (d. 842)
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Guthred
d. 895
Guthred, king of Northumbria
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Doulu Ge
d. 927
Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang
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Wei Shuo (Later Tang)
d. 927
Wei Shuo, chancellor of Later Tang
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Empress Dowager Liu (Later Jin)
d. 942
Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin
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Zhang Ye (Later Shu)
d. 948
Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor
Michael V Kalaphates
d. 1042 (b. 1015)
Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)
Magnus Barefoot
d. 1103 (b. 1073)
Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073)
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Eustace the Monk
d. 1217 (b. 1170)
Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170)
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
d. 1313 (b. 1275)
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1275)
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania
d. 1372 (b. 1348)
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348)