Historical Events In June - 08
Sunday, 24 May 2026
0065 Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem 

0068 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba. 

0218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 

0452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun 

0536 In this year, St Silverius starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0570 Relgion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca. 

0632 Mohammed, founder of Islam, dies. 

0632 Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) 

0793 Vikings plunder St Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne 

0979 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France. 

1042 Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth. 

1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64. 

1191 Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade 

1318 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II. 

1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46. 

1405 Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. 

1476 George Neville, English archbishop and statesman 

1551 Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma 

1612 Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49. 

1624 Earthquake strikes Peru. 

1625 Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer is born 

1625 Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn). 

1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard 

1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 

1661 John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 

1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish 

1671 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) 

1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried. 

1690 Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai. 

1694 English troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed). 

1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 

1711 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61. 

1722 Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer 

1724 John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer. 

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