Historical Events In July - 24

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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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.   

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.