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- 966
- Kesselheim is first attested as a settlement in present-day Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- 1170
- The port city of Veðrafjǫrðr, in present-day Waterford, Ireland, falls to the Normans after at least 256 years of Viking control.
- 1482
- During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, England captures Berwick from Scotland.
- 1912
- The District of Alaska is fully organized as Alaska Territory.
- 1955
- In China, Sanhe, Langan, and Zhaoji districts are transferred from Huaibin county, Henan province, to Funan County, Anhui province, in exchange for Wangwan and Lianghe districts.
- 1964
- In Michigan, the Village of Rockwood incorporates as a city, withdrawing from Brownstown Township.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 24, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 24 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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