Page 3: 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history english under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires   

1808  On this day in history anna Caroline Oury, composer   

1811  On June - 24 john Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889   

1813  Battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces on June - 24.   

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

1813  Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent) on June - 24.   

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

1817  On June - 24 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

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

1820  On June - 24 henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

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

1821  On June - 24 battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas   

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

1832  Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 on June - 24.   

1838  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism) on June - 24.   

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

1840  On this day in history louis Brassin, composer   

1841  Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx on June - 24.   

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 June - 24.   

1848  On June - 24 brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

1850  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member on this day in history.   

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

1852  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1343  On June - 24 birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

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  On this day in history lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

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 June - 24.