Historical Events In July - 24

1132  On July - 24 battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.  

1148  On July - 24 louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.  

1240  On this day in history konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights  

1345  On this day in history jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered  

1380  On July - 24 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1411  On July - 24 battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.  

1487  Citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer on this day in history.  

1534  On this day in history jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France  

1554  Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem on July - 24.  

1567  Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland on July - 24.  

1577  On this day in history spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur  

1581  States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange on this day in history.  

1651  On July - 24 anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va  

1652  On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32  

1673  On July - 24 edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate  

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 July - 24.  

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] on July - 24.  

1692  French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) on July - 24.  

1701  French make first landing at site of Detroit on this day in history.  

1701  On July - 24 antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit  

1704  On July - 24 great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain  

1704  On this day in history english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar  

1712  On July - 24 battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army  

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies  

1720  On this day in history louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik  

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) on this day in history.  

1739  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII on this day in history.  

1756  George Vertue, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1758  On July - 24 george Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess  

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on this day in history.  

1759  On July - 24 victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)  

1783  On this day in history georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia  

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1380  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1660  On this day in history birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)  

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on this day in history.  

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.  

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on July - 24.  

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.  

1757  On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)  

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.  

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)  

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights  

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered  

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.  

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.  

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies  

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.