Page 4: Historical Events In June - 24

1861  Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US on this day in history.   

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries on this day in history.   

1863  On June - 24 planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac   

1866  2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army on this day in history.   

1873  On June - 24 thomas Carl Whitmer, composer   

1877  Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren) on this day in history.   

1879  Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history first performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.   

1881  200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico on this day in history.   

1882  NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty on June - 24.   

1882  Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1884  John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history british government of Salisbury forms   

1888  On this day in history gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion)   

1891  Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist) on this day in history.   

1891  Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1894  Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years on this day in history.   

1894  Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years on June - 24.   

1894  M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 on this day in history.   

1895  On June - 24 jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)   

1897  On June - 24 hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas   

1898  American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba on this day in history.   

1899  Bruce Marshall, writer on this day in history.   

1900  Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party & Socialistenbond merge on June - 24.   

1900  Memphis Minnie, rocker on this day in history.   

1901  On June - 24 picasso displays his work for the very first time   

1901  1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris on June - 24.   

1901  On June - 24 harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)   

1902  On this day in history king Edward VII develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.   

1903  Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist on this day in history.   

1903  Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver on this day in history.   

1904  On June - 24 kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)   

1906  On June - 24 pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire)   

1907  On this day in history jose de Lima Siquiera, composer   

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

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on June - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on June - 24.   

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