Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on June - 24.   

1795  US & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty on June - 24.   

1797  John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1803  On June - 24 george James Webb, composer   

1803  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1804  Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

1817  Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on June - 24.   

1820  Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on June - 24.   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas on June - 24.   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas on June - 24.   

1822  Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 on June - 24.   

1832  Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 on this day in history.   

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

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

1840  On June - 24 louis Brassin, composer   

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

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

1843  On this day in history vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy   

1846  Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished on June - 24.   

1847  On this day in history gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer   

1848  On this day in history brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

1850  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member on June - 24.   

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

1852  On June - 24 victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)   

1853  On this day in history 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   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on June - 24.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

1343  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.   

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

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 June - 24.   

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)