Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history uS & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty   

1797  On June - 24 john Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx   

1803  George James Webb, composer on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88   

1804  Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist on June - 24.   

1806  On June - 24 english under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires   

1808  On June - 24 anna Caroline Oury, composer   

1811  On this day in history john Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889   

1813  Battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces on June - 24.   

1813  On June - 24 battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces   

1813  Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent) on June - 24.   

1817  On this day in history the first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

1820  On this day in history henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.   

1822  On June - 24 birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

1832  Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 on this day in history.   

1838  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism) on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co   

1840  On this day in history louis Brassin, composer   

1841  On June - 24 fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx   

1842  Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1843  Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy on this day in history.   

1846  Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished on this day in history.   

1847  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

1850  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member on June - 24.   

1852  J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene on June - 24.   

1852  On June - 24 victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)   

1853  Gadsden Purchase 29,670-square-mile (76,800 square km) from Mexico (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million signed by President Franklin Pierce on June - 24.   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on June - 24.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on this day in history.   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

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

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

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

1604  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)