Historical Events In June - 24

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

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

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

1340  On June - 24 battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed  

1374  On this day in history 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  Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna on June - 24.  

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

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

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 this day in history johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1509  On this day in history henry VIII crowned King of England  

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on June - 24.  

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

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

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 this day in history anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

1535  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded  

1540  On this day in history henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves  

1542  On June - 24 juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint  

1546  Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure) on this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden  

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

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.  

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

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.  

1499  On this day in history birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.  

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  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  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  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged  

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