Historical Events In June - 22
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
0431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens 

0816 Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III 

1276 Innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36 

1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning) 

1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England 

1476 Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland 

1478 Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I). 

1497 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath. 

1527 Machiavelli, writer, dies 

1533 Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty. 

1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 

1559 Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted 

1593 Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks. 

1596 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java 

1611 Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers. 

1611 Pablo Bruna, composer 

1613 Lambert Pietkin, composer 

1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) 

1674 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo. 

1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II. 

1684 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer 

1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle). 

1735 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71 

1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press 

1741 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer 

1741 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38 

1742 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer. 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland 

1745 Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41 

1754 Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91. 

1757 George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I. 

1767 Karl Von Humboldt, German explorer is born. 

1772 Slavery outlawed in England. 

1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act. 

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