Page 3: Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on June - 24.   

1795  On June - 24 uS & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty   

1797  John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1803  George James Webb, composer on June - 24.   

1803  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1804  Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist on this day in history.   

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

1808  Anna Caroline Oury, composer on this day in history.   

1811  On June - 24 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 June - 24.   

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

1817  The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on June - 24.   

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

1817  Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on June - 24.   

1820  On this day in history henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas on June - 24.   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas on June - 24.   

1822  Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1832  Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 on this day in history.   

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

1839  Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co on June - 24.   

1840  Louis Brassin, composer on June - 24.   

1841  On this day in history fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx   

1842  On this day in history ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)   

1843  On this day in history vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy   

1846  On June - 24 residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished   

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 this day in history horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member   

1852  J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene on June - 24.   

1852  Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history 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   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on this day in history.   

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1244  On June - 24 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 this day in history 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 June - 24.   

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

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

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 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  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)