Historical Events In July - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily on this day in history.
1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade on July - 24.
1240 On this day in history konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1345 On July - 24 jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered
1380 On July - 24 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place on this day in history.
1487 On July - 24 citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer
1534 On this day in history jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France
1554 On July - 24 queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
1577 On this day in history spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
1581 States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange on July - 24.
1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va on this day in history.
1652 On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32
1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate on this day in history.
1683 The first settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord on this day in history.
1683 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord on this day in history.
1686 Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] on July - 24.
1692 On this day in history french defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein)
1701 French make first landing at site of Detroit on July - 24.
1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit on this day in history.
1704 Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army on July - 24.
1712 On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies
1720 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik on July - 24.
1738 On July - 24 elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)
1739 On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII
1756 On this day in history george Vertue, engraver, dies
1758 On July - 24 george Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
1758 On July - 24 john Dyer, poet, dies
1759 On this day in history victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)
1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia on this day in history.
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