Historical Events In June - 24

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

0803  Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.  

0843  On this day in history vikings destroy Nantes  

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

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 this day in history.  

1322  On June - 24 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  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 June - 24 crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna  

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

1441  On June - 24 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 June - 24.  

1497  John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history henry VIII crowned King of England  

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

1522  Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France on June - 24.  

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

1529  On this day in history zurich & catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel  

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

1535  On this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

1535  On this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded  

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 this day in history robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)  

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

1572  On June - 24 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged  

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.  

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

1343  On June - 24 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  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  On this day in history 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  On June - 24 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1520  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)  

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 June - 24.