Historical Events In June - 24
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
0451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 

0803 Higbald of Lindisfarne. 

0843 Vikings destroy Nantes. 

0972 Battle of Cedynia, the inaugural documented victory of Polish forces, takes place. 

1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa. 

1244 Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) 

1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred 

1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England. 

1322 Jews are expelled from France. 

1322 Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time 

1322 Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) 

1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30000 killed. 

1374 A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance leads to people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. 

1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna 

1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom 

1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI 

1472 Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow. 

1475 Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg and Eichstattt), dies at 54 

1497 In this year, John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England 

1497 In this year, John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he are discovered Asia in Nova Scotia) 

1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians). 

1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England 

1519 Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 

1522 Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France. 

1527 Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions. 

1529 Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel. 

1533 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth 

1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquerered and disbanded 

1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquered and disbanded. 

1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves 

1542 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint. 

1546 Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure). 

1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden. 

1572 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged 

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