Historical Events In June - 24

1572  On June - 24 jan Campanus, composer   

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

1590  Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge) on this day in history.   

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

1610  Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden on June - 24.   

1619  On June - 24 tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow   

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

1629  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history john Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48   

1647  On June - 24 lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council   

1648  Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine on this day in history.   

1650  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 on June - 24.   

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

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on this day in history.   

1662  On June - 24 dutch invasion of Macau repulsed   

1662  On this day in history dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)   

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

1669  On this day in history francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)   

1673  On this day in history john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

1690  King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14] on June - 24.   

1692  Kingston Jamaica founded on June - 24.   

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

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

1717  On this day in history 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London   

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 June - 24 johann Melchior Dreyer, composer   

1748  On June - 24 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  On this day in history e I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)   

1778  On June - 24 david Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia   

1778  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1793  The first republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

1793  1st republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

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

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

1343  On June - 24 birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

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

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

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

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

1439  On June - 24 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 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)