Historical Events In June - 24

0451  10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on June - 24.   

0803  On this day in history higbald of Lindisfarne   

0843  Vikings destroy Nantes on this day in history.   

0972  Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place on this day in history.   

1128  Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa on this day in history.   

1244  On this day in history hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1298  On this day in history rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred   

1314  Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England on June - 24.   

1322  Jews are expelled from France on this day in history.   

1322  Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time on this day in history.   

1322  On June - 24 johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

1340  On June - 24 battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed   

1374  A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion on June - 24.   

1396  On June - 24 crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna   

1397  On this day in history sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom   

1441  Eton College founded by Henry VI on June - 24.   

1472  Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow on this day in history.   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England   

1497  John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) on this day in history.   

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

1509  On June - 24 henry VIII crowned King of England   

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1522  On this day in history battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France   

1527  On this day in history gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions   

1529  Zurich & catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel on June - 24.   

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth on June - 24.   

1535  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded   

1535  On June - 24 anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded   

1540  On this day in history henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves   

1542  On this day in history juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint   

1546  On this day in history robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)   

1561  Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden on June - 24.   

1572  5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged 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 June - 24 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 June - 24.   

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on this day in history.   

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

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