Page 2: Historical Events In June - 24

1572  Jan Campanus, composer on June - 24.   

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

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

1619  On this day in history tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow   

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 June - 24.   

1647  On this day in history lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council   

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

1650  On this day in history 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 this day in history andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on June - 24.   

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

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

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  King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14] on this day in history.   

1692  On June - 24 kingston Jamaica founded   

1707  On this day in history 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 June - 24.   

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1746  Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer on June - 24.   

1747  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer on June - 24.   

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 June - 24 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  The first republican constitution in France adopted on June - 24.   

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

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

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  On this day in history 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  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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)