Historical Events In June - 24

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

0803  Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.  

0843  Vikings destroy Nantes on this day in history.  

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

1128  On this day in history afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa  

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

1298  On this day in history rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred  

1314  On June - 24 battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England  

1322  On this day in history jews are expelled from France  

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

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1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) on this day in history.  

1340  On this day in history 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  Eton College founded by Henry VI on June - 24.  

1472  On this day in history zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow  

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

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  On June - 24 johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1509  On June - 24 henry VIII crowned King of England  

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

1522  Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France on this day in history.  

1527  On June - 24 gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions  

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  On this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

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

1540  Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves on June - 24.  

1542  Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint on June - 24.  

1546  Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure) on June - 24.  

1561  Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged  

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.  

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

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.  

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)  

1485  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)  

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

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

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

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)  

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

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

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

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on June - 24.  

1572  On this day in history death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged  

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.