Page 3: Historical Events In June - 24

1794  On this day in history bowdoin College is founded.   

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

1797  John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx on June - 24.   

1803  George James Webb, composer on this day in history.   

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

1804  On June - 24 stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist   

1806  English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

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

1811  John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1817  On June - 24 the first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

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

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  Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.   

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

1822  On this day in history birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

1832  On this day in history edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915   

1838  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism) on this day in history.   

1839  On June - 24 gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co   

1840  Louis Brassin, composer on June - 24.   

1841  On June - 24 fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx   

1842  Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on June - 24.   

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

1846  On this day in history 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 June - 24.   

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

1852  J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene on this day in history.   

1852  Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918) on June - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria 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  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 this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.   

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

1519  On June - 24 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 June - 24.   

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

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

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.