Historical Events In July - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
0064 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire. 

0514 Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies. 

0532 Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle 

0711 Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. 

1054 Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies 

1195 Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia. 

1234 Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament. 

1333 Battle of Halidon Hill at Berwick where an English army under Edward III and Edward Balliol defeated the Scots forces led by Sir Archibald Douglas. English archers devastated the Scottish army and inflicted terrible losses, including six earls, seventy barons and over 500 knights. 

1346 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle. 

1374 Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 

1380 Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais. 

1425 Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 

1510 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia 

1524 Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 

1525 Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau 

1534 Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 

1543 Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England. 

1544 Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne began. 

1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 

1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns. 

1551 Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania. 

1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days. 

1572 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries. 

1575 Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater 

1590 King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail. 

1592 Erhard Buttner, composer. 

1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java. 

1625 Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50. 

1627 Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41. 

1639 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan. 

1674 Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer. 

1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo 

1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50 

1700 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62 

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