Historical Events In June - 24

0451  On June - 24 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0803  On June - 24 higbald of Lindisfarne  

0843  Vikings destroy Nantes on June - 24.  

0972  Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place on this day in history.  

1128  Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa on this day in history.  

1244  On June - 24 hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)  

1298  Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred on this day in history.  

1314  Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England on June - 24.  

1322  On this day in history jews are expelled from France  

1322  Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time on June - 24.  

1322  On June - 24 johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

1340  On June - 24 battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed  

1374  On June - 24 a sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.  

1396  On this day in history crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna  

1397  Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom on June - 24.  

1441  On this day in history eton College founded by Henry VI  

1472  Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow on June - 24.  

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1497  On June - 24 john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England  

1497  On this day in history john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)  

1499  On this day in history johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1509  Henry VIII crowned King of England on June - 24.  

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39  

1522  On this day in history battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France  

1527  On this day in history gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions  

1529  Zurich & catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel on this day in history.  

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth on this day in history.  

1535  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

1535  Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded on June - 24.  

1540  Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves on this day in history.  

1542  On June - 24 juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint  

1546  On June - 24 robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)  

1561  Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden on June - 24.  

1572  5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged on June - 24.  

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1244  On June - 24 birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)  

1322  On June - 24 birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

1343  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)  

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)  

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.  

1499  On this day in history birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1519  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)  

1533  On June - 24 birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth  

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.  

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.  

1519  On this day in history lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39  

1520  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)  

1572  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged  

1604  On this day in history death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)