Historical Events In June - 24

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

0803  Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.  

0843  On June - 24 vikings destroy Nantes  

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

1128  Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa on this day in history.  

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

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  On June - 24 jews are expelled from France  

1322  Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time on June - 24.  

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 June - 24 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 this day in history.  

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

1497  On this day in history john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) on this day in history.  

1509  On June - 24 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  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth on June - 24.  

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

1535  Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded on June - 24.  

1540  On June - 24 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  On this day in history robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)  

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

1572  5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged on June - 24.  

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

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

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

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on this day in history.  

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.  

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 June - 24.  

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.  

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54  

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

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

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.  

1604  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)