Historical Events In April - 24

0624  Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

0858  Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope   

1061  Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies.   

1185  Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet   

1185  Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns.   

1288  Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder   

1311  Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India   

1364  Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht.   

1524  Duke of Bourbon drives admiral Bonnivet out of Milan.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1547  Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave.   

1558  Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois.   

1570  Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer.   

1596  Pacificatie of Ireland drawn.   

1617  Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer.   

1704  Boston News-Letter, inaugural successful newspaper in US, established.   

1704  "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in US, forms   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

1721  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised.   

1731  Daniel Defoe English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies.   

1742  Roman Hoffstetter, composer   

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)   

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician.   

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41.   

1762  Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty.   

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered