Historical Events In June - 24

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

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 June - 24.  

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

1244  On this day in history hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)  

1298  On June - 24 rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred  

1314  On this day in history battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England  

1322  Jews are expelled from France on this day in history.  

1322  On June - 24 jews are expelled from France for 3rd time  

1322  On this day in history johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

1340  Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed on this day in history.  

1374  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 on this day in history.  

1396  Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna on this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom  

1441  Eton College founded by Henry VI on June - 24.  

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

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54  

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

1497  John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) on June - 24.  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) on June - 24.  

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

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

1522  On June - 24 battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France  

1527  Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions on this day in history.  

1529  On June - 24 zurich & catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel  

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

1535  Anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded on this day in history.  

1535  On this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded  

1540  On June - 24 henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves  

1542  On this day in history juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint  

1546  On this day in history 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  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.  

1322  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

1343  On June - 24 birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)  

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.  

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.  

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth  

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)  

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

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54  

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on June - 24.  

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