Page 3: Historical Events In June - 24

1794  Bowdoin College is founded on this day in history.   

1795  On June - 24 uS & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty   

1797  John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1803  George James Webb, composer on June - 24.   

1803  On this day in history matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88   

1804  On June - 24 stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist   

1806  English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires on June - 24.   

1808  Anna Caroline Oury, composer on this day in history.   

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

1813  On this day in history battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces   

1813  Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces on this day in history.   

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  On June - 24 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

1817  On June - 24 thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

1820  Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on June - 24.   

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1832  Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 on this day in history.   

1838  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism) on June - 24.   

1839  On this day in history gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co   

1840  On June - 24 louis Brassin, composer   

1841  Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)   

1843  Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy on this day in history.   

1846  Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished on June - 24.   

1847  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on this day in history.   

1848  Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions) on June - 24.   

1850  On this day in history horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member   

1852  J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene on June - 24.   

1852  Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918) on this day in history.   

1853  On June - 24 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   

1859  On June - 24 battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria   

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

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

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

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

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  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

1439  On June - 24 death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)   

1475  On June - 24 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 June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

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