Page 3: Historical Events In June - 24

1794  On June - 24 bowdoin College is founded.   

1795  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1803  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on June - 24.   

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

1806  English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

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

1811  John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889 on June - 24.   

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

1813  On June - 24 battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces   

1813  On this day in history henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent)   

1817  On June - 24 the first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on June - 24.   

1817  Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1820  Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

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

1821  Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

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

1838  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism) on this day in history.   

1839  On June - 24 gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co   

1840  On this day in history louis Brassin, composer   

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

1842  Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy   

1846  On June - 24 residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished   

1847  On this day in history gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer   

1848  On June - 24 brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

1850  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member on this day in history.   

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

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

1853  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 on this day in history.   

1859  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on June - 24.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.   

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

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 June - 24 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 June - 24.   

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  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)