Historical Events In July - 24

1132  On this day in history battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.   

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 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  On this day in history citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer   

1534  On July - 24 jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France   

1554  On July - 24 queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem   

1567  On this day in history mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland   

1577  Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur on this day in history.   

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 this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1673  Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history the first settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord   

1683  1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord on July - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit   

1704  Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain on this day in history.   

1704  English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on this day in history.   

1712  Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army on this day in history.   

1712  On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1720  On July - 24 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 July - 24.   

1756  George Vertue, engraver, dies on July - 24.   

1758  George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess on this day in history.   

1758  On July - 24 john Dyer, poet, dies   

1759  On this day in history 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 July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

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

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

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

1115  On this day in history 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  On July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.   

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.