Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on this day in history.   

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  On June - 24 matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88   

1804  On this day in history stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist   

1806  On this day in history english under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires   

1808  On this day in history anna Caroline Oury, composer   

1811  On this day in history john Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889   

1813  On June - 24 battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces   

1813  On June - 24 battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces   

1813  Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent) on June - 24.   

1817  The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas   

1821  On this day in history battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas   

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  On June - 24 gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism)   

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

1840  On June - 24 louis Brassin, composer   

1841  On this day in history fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx   

1842  On June - 24 ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)   

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  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on June - 24.   

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 this day in history victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)   

1853  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 on June - 24.   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on this day in history.   

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

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

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 June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)   

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

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.   

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

1439  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1572  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

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