Historical Events In July - 24
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily on this day in history.
1148 On July - 24 louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1240 On this day in history konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1345 Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.
1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint on July - 24.
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place on this day in history.
1487 On this day in history citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer
1534 Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France on July - 24.
1554 On July - 24 queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem
1567 On July - 24 mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland
1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur on July - 24.
1581 On this day in history states of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va on this day in history.
1652 Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.
1673 On July - 24 edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1683 On July - 24 the first settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord
1683 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord on July - 24.
1686 On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]
1692 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) on this day in history.
1701 On July - 24 french make first landing at site of Detroit
1701 On this day in history antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit
1704 On this day in history great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain
1704 On this day in history english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army on July - 24.
1712 Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.
1720 On July - 24 louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
1738 On July - 24 elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)
1739 Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII on July - 24.
1756 George Vertue, engraver, dies on this day in history.
1758 On July - 24 george Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
1758 On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies
1759 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) on July - 24.
1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia on July - 24.
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