Page 2: Historical Events In June - 24

1572  Jan Campanus, composer on this day in history.   

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

1590  Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge) on June - 24.   

1597  Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java on June - 24.   

1610  Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden on June - 24.   

1619  On this day in history tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow   

1619  On June - 24 rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies)   

1629  On this day in history carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67   

1643  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on June - 24.   

1647  Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council on June - 24.   

1648  Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine on June - 24.   

1650  England's Charles II returns from the Continent, landing in Scotland. He signs the National Covenant and is proclaimed king, but he is defeated September 3 at the Battle of Dunbar by Oliver Cromwell on June - 24.   

1652  On this day in history andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on this day in history.   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed on June - 24.   

1662  On June - 24 dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)   

1664  On this day in history the colony of New Jersey is founded.   

1669  Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria) on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

1690  On this day in history king Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]   

1692  On June - 24 kingston Jamaica founded   

1707  On this day in history kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74   

1712  On June - 24 simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72   

1717  1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London on June - 24.   

1724  On June - 24 johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77   

1746  Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer on June - 24.   

1747  On this day in history johann Melchior Dreyer, composer   

1748  The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath on this day in history.   

1762  On June - 24 johann Paul Wessely, composer   

1771  E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont) on this day in history.   

1778  David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1778  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1793  The first republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

1793  1st republican constitution in France adopted on this day in history.   

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1244  On June - 24 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  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.   

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on June - 24.   

1519  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On June - 24 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)