Historical Events In June - 24

0451  On this day in history 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0803  On June - 24 higbald of Lindisfarne  

0843  Vikings destroy Nantes on this day in history.  

0972  On June - 24 battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.  

1128  On June - 24 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  Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England on June - 24.  

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

1322  On this day in history jews are expelled from France for 3rd time  

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

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

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 June - 24.  

1396  Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna on June - 24.  

1397  Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom on this day in history.  

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

1472  Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow on this day in history.  

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

1497  On this day in history 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  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  Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions on this day in history.  

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

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

1535  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

1535  On this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded  

1540  On this day in history 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  Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure) on this day in history.  

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

1572  On June - 24 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged  

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

1322  On this day in history 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 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  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on June - 24.  

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

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

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.  

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

1439  On this day in history death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)  

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

1572  On June - 24 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.