Historical Events In June - 24

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

0803  Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.  

0843  Vikings destroy Nantes on this day in history.  

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 June - 24.  

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 June - 24 jews are expelled from France for 3rd time  

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  Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna on June - 24.  

1397  On June - 24 sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom  

1441  Eton College founded by Henry VI on this day in history.  

1472  On June - 24 zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow  

1475  On June - 24 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 June - 24.  

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

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

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

1522  On June - 24 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  On June - 24 robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth  

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

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  Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint on June - 24.  

1546  Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure) on June - 24.  

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

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  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.  

1343  On this day in history 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  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  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)  

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

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.  

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)  

1439  On this day in history death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)  

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 June - 24.  

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

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)