Page 2: Historical Events In June - 24

1572  On this day in history jan Campanus, composer   

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

1590  On this day in history samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)   

1597  On this day in history cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java   

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

1619  Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow on this day in history.   

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

1629  On June - 24 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  On this day in history 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   

1652  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1658  French fleet recaptures Duinkerk on June - 24.   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed on June - 24.   

1662  Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day) on June - 24.   

1664  The colony of New Jersey is founded on this day in history.   

1669  On June - 24 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)   

1673  On June - 24 john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

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

1692  On June - 24 kingston Jamaica founded   

1707  Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 on June - 24.   

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

1717  On this day in history 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London   

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer   

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 June - 24.   

1762  On this day in history johann Paul Wessely, composer   

1771  On this day in history e I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)   

1778  On this day in history david Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia   

1778  On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64   

1793  On June - 24 the first republican constitution in France adopted   

1793  On this day in history 1st republican constitution in France adopted   

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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  On June - 24 birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.   

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

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

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

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

1519  On this day in history lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1520  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

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.