Page 2: 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 June - 24 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 this day in history.   

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  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on June - 24.   

1647  Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council on June - 24.   

1648  On June - 24 cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine   

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 this day in history.   

1652  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on June - 24.   

1658  On June - 24 french fleet recaptures Duinkerk   

1662  On June - 24 dutch invasion of Macau repulsed   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day) on June - 24.   

1664  The colony of New Jersey is founded on June - 24.   

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 June - 24.   

1690  On this day in history king Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]   

1692  On this day in history kingston Jamaica founded   

1707  On June - 24 kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74   

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

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

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

1746  On this day in history jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history e I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)   

1778  David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history the first republican constitution in France adopted   

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

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.   

1322  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.   

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

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on June - 24.   

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