On August 24
On August 24, 3 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Eruption of Vesuvius buries Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE).
On this day
79 CE (traditionally 24 August)Eruption of Vesuvius buries Pompeii and HerculaneumEnvironment & climate
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried the Campanian towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae under metres of ash, pumice and pyroclastic surges, killing thousands and freezing daily Roman life in place.
On 24 August 410 CE the Visigoths under their king Alaric entered Rome and plundered the city for three days, the first time Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy in nearly 800 years.
Beginning at dawn on 24 August 1572 in Paris, Catholic mobs and royal forces slaughtered French Protestants (Huguenots) who had gathered for the wedding of the Protestant Henry of Navarre to Margaret of Valois.