Historical Events In July - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1132 On this day in history battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
1148 On July - 24 louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1240 On July - 24 konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1345 On July - 24 jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered
1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint on this day in history.
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place on July - 24.
1487 On this day in history citizens of Leeuwarden Neth rebel against ban on foreign beer
1534 On July - 24 jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France
1554 Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem on July - 24.
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
1577 On this day in history spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
1581 On July - 24 states of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va on this day in history.
1652 Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.
1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate on July - 24.
1683 On July - 24 the first settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord
1683 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord on July - 24.
1686 Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] on July - 24.
1692 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) on this day in history.
1701 On July - 24 french make first landing at site of Detroit
1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit on July - 24.
1704 Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1712 On this day in history battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army
1712 On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies
1720 On July - 24 louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
1738 Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) on July - 24.
1739 On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII
1756 On this day in history george Vertue, engraver, dies
1758 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess on this day in history.
1758 On July - 24 john Dyer, poet, dies
1759 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) on July - 24.
1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia on this day in history.
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