Historical Events In July - 28
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
0388 Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis. 

0450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies. 

0754 Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France 

1057 Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies 

1101 Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64. 

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus. 

1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher. 

1285 Queen Keran of Armenia, consort of Leo III of Armenia 

1330 Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle 

1402 Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I. 

1434 Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon 

1456 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) 

1514 Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland. 

1527 Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador. 

1540 England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard 

1540 English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife. 

1540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed 

1579 Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid 

1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe. 

1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I 

1609 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda. 

1609 Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised 

1615 Lake Huron is discovered by French explorer Samuel de Champlain. 

1635 Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans. 

1641 John Amner, composer, dies at 61 

1655 Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died 

1655 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris 

1667 Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies 

1683 Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark. 

1696 De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance. 

1708 Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 

1711 Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried. 

1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs. 

1719 Jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27]. 

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