What happend on 24th August

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25.08
1847

Charlotte Brontë finishes Jane Eyre.

1831

Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.

1821

The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.

1814

British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.

1690

Calcutta, India is founded.

1682

William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.

1662

Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.

1608

The first official British representative to India lands in Surat.

1572

Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.

1511

Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.