On August 24, history records 66 notable events, 203 famous births and 94 deaths, spanning the years 367 to 1482.
Events on this day include: Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father . (367); The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written. (394).
Notable people born on August 24 include Fujiwara no Genshi (1016), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Alexander II of Scotland (1198).
Notable figures who died on this day include Fu Youyi (691), Emperor Saga (842), Guthred (895).
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See all →Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father .
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
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.
King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.[1]
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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Deaths on 24 August 94
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