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  On June - 24 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  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67 on June - 24.   

1643  On June - 24 john Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48   

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

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

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

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on June - 24.   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed on June - 24.   

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

1664  The colony of New Jersey is founded on this day in history.   

1669  On June - 24 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)   

1673  On June - 24 john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

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  On June - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1747  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer on this day in history.   

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

1762  On June - 24 johann Paul Wessely, composer   

1771  On June - 24 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 this day in history.   

1793  The first republican constitution in France adopted on June - 24.   

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 June - 24 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  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

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  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  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

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 this day in history.