Historical Events In June - 24

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

0803  Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.  

0843  On this day in history 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  On June - 24 battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England  

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

1322  Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time on this day in history.  

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

1340  On June - 24 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 this day in history crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna  

1397  Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom on June - 24.  

1441  On June - 24 eton College founded by Henry VI  

1472  On June - 24 zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow  

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

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 this day in history.  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) on June - 24.  

1509  Henry VIII crowned King of England on June - 24.  

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

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 June - 24.  

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  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded  

1535  Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded on June - 24.  

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

1542  Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint on this day in history.  

1546  On June - 24 robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)  

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

1572  5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1386  On June - 24 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 June - 24.  

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

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on this day in history.  

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.  

1439  On June - 24 death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)  

1475  On this day in history 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  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.