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  Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.  

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

1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint on July - 24.  

1411  On this day in history 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 July - 24 mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland  

1577  On July - 24 spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur  

1581  On July - 24 states of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange  

1651  On this day in history 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  The first settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord on July - 24.  

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

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

1692  French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) on this day in history.  

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  Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain on July - 24.  

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

1712  On this day in history battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army  

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1745  On July - 24 bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII  

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

1758  George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess on July - 24.  

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

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

1783  Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia on this day in history.  

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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  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  On this day in history birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)  

1757  On July - 24 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 this day in history.  

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.  

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered  

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

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

1652  On this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32  

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

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