Historical Events In May - 24
Sunday, 24 May 2026
0015 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant 

1086 Abbott Dauferi/ esiderius becomes Pope Victor III 

1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland 

1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 

1276 Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral 

1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured 

1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV 

1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 

1595 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. 

1621 The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. 

1626 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 

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