Page 2: Historical Events In June - 24

1572  Jan Campanus, composer on this day in history.   

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

1590  On this day in history samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)   

1597  Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java on this day in history.   

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  Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies) on June - 24.   

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

1643  On June - 24 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  On June - 24 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  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history french fleet recaptures Duinkerk   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed on June - 24.   

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

1664  On this day in history the colony of New Jersey is founded.   

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

1673  On June - 24 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 this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74   

1712  Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 on June - 24.   

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

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on June - 24.   

1746  On this day in history jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer   

1747  On this day in history johann Melchior Dreyer, composer   

1748  The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath on June - 24.   

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 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  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.   

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 June - 24.   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

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

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

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1520  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

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

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.