Page 2: Historical Events In June - 24

1572  Jan Campanus, composer on June - 24.   

1572  On June - 24 adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1590  Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge) on June - 24.   

1597  On this day in history cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java   

1610  On June - 24 battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden   

1619  Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow on June - 24.   

1619  On June - 24 rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies)   

1629  On June - 24 carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67   

1643  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on this day in history.   

1647  Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine   

1650  On June - 24 england's Charles II returns from the Continent, landing in Scotland. He signs the National Covenant and is proclaimed king, but he is defeated September 3 at the Battle of Dunbar by Oliver Cromwell   

1652  On June - 24 andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on June - 24.   

1662  On this day in history dutch invasion of Macau repulsed   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day) on this day in history.   

1664  On June - 24 the colony of New Jersey is founded.   

1669  Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria) on this day in history.   

1673  John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1690  On June - 24 king Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]   

1692  On this day in history kingston Jamaica founded   

1707  Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1712  Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1717  1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London on June - 24.   

1724  On this day in history johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77   

1746  Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history johann Melchior Dreyer, composer   

1748  On this day in history the Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath.   

1762  Johann Paul Wessely, composer on June - 24.   

1771  E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont) on this day in history.   

1778  David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia on June - 24.   

1778  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 on June - 24.   

1793  On June - 24 the first republican constitution in France adopted   

1793  1st republican constitution in France adopted on June - 24.   

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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1533  On this day in history 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  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  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

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

1572  On this day in history 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.