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  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  Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on July - 24.  

1380  On July - 24 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

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

1487  On July - 24 citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer  

1534  Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France on this day in history.  

1554  Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem on this day in history.  

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 July - 24.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1701  On July - 24 french make first landing at site of Detroit  

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

1704  Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain on July - 24.  

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

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

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

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

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII  

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies  

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

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on July - 24.  

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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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]  

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

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)  

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 July - 24.  

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.  

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.  

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.  

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)  

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.