Historical Events In June - 24

1572  Jan Campanus, composer on June - 24.   

1572  On June - 24 adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1590  On this day in history samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)   

1597  Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java on this day in history.   

1610  Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden on this day in history.   

1619  Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow on June - 24.   

1619  On this day in history rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies)   

1629  On June - 24 carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67   

1643  On June - 24 john Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48   

1647  Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council on June - 24.   

1648  On June - 24 cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine   

1650  On June - 24 england's Charles II returns from the Continent, landing in Scotland. He signs the National Covenant and is proclaimed king, but he is defeated September 3 at the Battle of Dunbar by Oliver Cromwell   

1652  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1658  On June - 24 french fleet recaptures Duinkerk   

1662  On this day in history dutch invasion of Macau repulsed   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day) on this day in history.   

1664  On June - 24 the colony of New Jersey is founded.   

1669  Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria) on this day in history.   

1673  John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1690  King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14] on this day in history.   

1692  Kingston Jamaica founded on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74   

1712  Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 on June - 24.   

1717  1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London on this day in history.   

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer   

1747  On June - 24 johann Melchior Dreyer, composer   

1748  The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath on this day in history.   

1762  Johann Paul Wessely, composer on this day in history.   

1771  E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont) on this day in history.   

1778  David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1778  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 on June - 24.   

1793  The first republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

1793  1st republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on this day in history.   

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1439  On this day in history death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)   

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.