Events & Holidays In June - 24

Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)

Constitution Day (Zaire (Democratic Congo))

Countryman's Day (Peru)

Discovery Day (Newfoundland & Labrador) (Canada)

Féte Nationale (Quebec) (Canada)

Festa de São João (Brazil)

Fisherman's Day (Zaire (Democratic Congo))

Inti Raymi (Peru)

Manila Day (Philippines)

Midsummer Festival (St John's Day ) (Latvia)

Midsummer's Day (Estonia)

Saint Vartolomej and Varnava (Serbia)

San Juan (Peru)

St. Jean's Day (Haiti)

St. John the Baptist Day (Macau Sweden)

St. John's Day (International)

Cabot 500 Day (Discovery Day) (Canada)

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

1322  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on this day in history.   

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

1499  On this day in history 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  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

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

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

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On this day in history death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  On this day in history death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)