Historical Events In April - 24
Thursday, 18 June 2026
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. 

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 

1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac). 

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