Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history uS & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty  

1797  On June - 24 john Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx  

1803  On this day in history george James Webb, composer  

1803  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on June - 24.  

1804  Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist on June - 24.  

1806  English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires on June - 24.  

1808  Anna Caroline Oury, composer on June - 24.  

1811  On this day in history john Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889  

1813  On June - 24 battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces  

1813  Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces on this day in history.  

1813  On June - 24 henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent)  

1817  The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.  

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.  

1817  On June - 24 thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83  

1820  Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas  

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.  

1822  On June - 24 birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891  

1832  On June - 24 edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915  

1838  On this day in history gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism)  

1839  Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co on this day in history.  

1840  On June - 24 louis Brassin, composer  

1841  Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx on this day in history.  

1842  On June - 24 ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)  

1843  Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy on this day in history.  

1846  Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished on this day in history.  

1847  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on this day in history.  

1848  Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions) on this day in history.  

1850  On June - 24 horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member  

1852  On this day in history j R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene  

1852  On June - 24 victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)  

1853  Gadsden Purchase 29,670-square-mile (76,800 square km) from Mexico (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million signed by President Franklin Pierce on June - 24.  

1859  On June - 24 battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria  

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

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.  

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.  

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

1519  On this day in history birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)  

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth  

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

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

1439  On this day in history 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 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)