Page 3: Historical Events In June - 24

1794  On this day in history bowdoin College is founded.   

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 June - 24 matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88   

1804  Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist on June - 24.   

1806  On this day in history english under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires   

1808  Anna Caroline Oury, composer on June - 24.   

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  On June - 24 henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent)   

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

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

1817  On this day in history thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

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

1821  On June - 24 battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas   

1821  On June - 24 battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas   

1822  On June - 24 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  On this day in history gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism)   

1839  Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co on June - 24.   

1840  Louis Brassin, composer on June - 24.   

1841  Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx on June - 24.   

1842  Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on June - 24.   

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

1846  On this day in history residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished   

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

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

1850  Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member on June - 24.   

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

1852  On June - 24 victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)   

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  Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria on this day in history.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On June - 24 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 this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.   

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

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on June - 24.   

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

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on June - 24.