Historical Events In July - 24
Friday, 25 October 2024
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily on July - 24.
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 this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place on July - 24.
1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer on July - 24.
1534 On July - 24 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 July - 24 spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
1581 On this day in history states of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va on July - 24.
1652 Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.
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 July - 24.
1683 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord on this day in history.
1686 On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]
1692 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) on July - 24.
1701 French make first landing at site of Detroit on July - 24.
1701 On July - 24 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 July - 24.
1704 On July - 24 english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1712 On this day in history battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army
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 July - 24.
1739 On this day in history 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 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies
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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