On this day: 24 June
Events, births and deaths on 24 June. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Bobby Sherman
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1927 · Births · Martin Lewis Perl
- 1935 · Deaths · Carlos Gardel
- 1930 · Births · Claude Chabrol
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1046 · Deaths · Jeongjong
- 972 · Events · Battle of Cedynia
- 1088 · Deaths · William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
Events · 36
- 1312 BCEMursili's eclipse — solar eclipse mentioned in a text dating to the reign of Mursili II that could be of great importance for the chronology of the Hittite Empire
- 637Battle of Moira — 637 battle
- 972(Julian date)Battle of Cedynia — battle between Lusatia and Poland in 972
- 1128(Julian date)Battle of São Mamede — 1128 battle establishing Portugal's independence
- 1230(Julian date)Siege of Jaén — siege on the city of Jaén, Spain, in 1230
- 1340(Julian date)Battle of Sluys — 1340 naval battle during the Hundred Years' War
- 1509(Julian date)coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon — 1509 coronation in England
- 1571(Julian date)Manila — capital city of the Philippines
- 1713Treaty of Adrianople — 1713 treaty between Russia and the Ottomans
- 1717(Julian date)Premier Grand Lodge of England — former Masonic lodge
- 1762Battle of Wilhelmsthal — 1762 battle
- 1779Great Siege of Gibraltar — 1779–1783 siege
- 1793French Constitution of 1793 — constitution
- 1812French invasion of Russia — 1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
- 1813Battle of Beaver Dams — war of 1812 battle
- 1821Battle of Carabobo — 1821 decisive battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence
- 1839Battle of Nezib — battle between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire (1839)
- 1859Battle of Solferino — 1859 major battle of the Second Italian War of Independence
- 1866Battle of Custoza — 1866 III Italian Independence War battle
- 1894assassination of Sadi Carnot — 1894 murder of the French President
- 1932Siamese revolution of 1932 — 1932 overthrow of Thai King Prajadhipok; constitutional monarchy established
- 1939Thai cultural mandates — announcements of Thai government
- 1940
- 1943Battle of Bamber Bridge — 1943 mutiny of American servicemen
- 1947Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting — 1947 UFO encounter
- 1948Berlin Blockade — blockade on Berlin imposed by the USSR from 1948 to 1949
- 1954Battle of Mang Yang Pass — 1954 last battle of the First Indochina War
- 1960attempted assassination of Rómulo Betancourt — assassination attempt in Venezuela
- 1973UpStairs Lounge arson attack — arson attack on a gay bar in New Orleans
- 1975Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 — 1975 aviation accident
- 1981Humber Bridge — suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, England
- 1982British Airways Flight 009 — 1982 aviation incident over the Indian Ocean, south of Java
- 19941994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash — US aviation accident
- 2002Igandu train disaster — 2002 public transit disaster in Dodoma, Tanzania
- 2021Surfside condominium collapse — 2021 building collapse in Surfside, Florida, USA
- 20262026 Venezuela earthquakes — doublet earthquake in norther Venezuela on 24 June 2026
Births · 60
- 1386(Julian date)John of Capistrano — Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)
- 1519(Julian date)Theodore Beza — French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519-1605)
- 1532Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester — English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)
- 1777John Ross — Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)
- 1795Ernst Heinrich Weber — German psychologist (1795–1878)
- 1804Stephan Endlicher — Austrian botanist, linguist and numismatist (1804–1849)
- 1813Henry Ward Beecher — American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)
- 1838Jan Matejko — Polish painter (1838–1893)
- 1842Ambrose Bierce — American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)
- 1850Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener — Irish officer and colonial administrator in the British Army (1850–1916)
- 1869Prince George of Greece and Denmark — Prince of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957)
- 1883Victor Francis Hess — Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate (1883-1964)
- 1883Jean Metzinger — French painter (1883-1956)
- 1888Gerrit Rietveld — Dutch furniture designer and architect (1888-1964)
- 1893Roy O. Disney — American businessman and producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (1893–1971)
- 1895Jack Dempsey — American boxer (1895-1983)
- 1900Raphael Lemkin — Polish Jewish lawyer (1900–1959)
- 1901Harry Partch — American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments
- 1911Juan Manuel Fangio — Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)
- 1911Ernesto Sabato — Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)
- 1915Fred Hoyle — British astronomer (1915–2001)
- 1927Martin Lewis Perl — American scientist (1927–2014)
- 1929Carolyn S. Shoemaker — American astronomer, researcher and university teacher
- 1930Claude Chabrol — French film director (1930–2010)
- 1937Anita Desai — Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)
Deaths · 60
- 1046(Julian date)Jeongjong — 10th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea
- 1088William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey — Norman warrior in the Battle of Hastings, died 1088
- 1314(Julian date)Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester — 14th-century English magnate
- 1398(Julian date)Hongwu Emperor — founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
- 1439(Julian date)Frederick IV, Duke of Austria — Duke of Further Austria (1382-1439)
- 1519(Julian date)Lucrezia Borgia — Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)
- 1604Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford — English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)
- 1615Katagiri Katsumoto — daimyo
- 1637Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc — French astronomer (1580–1637)
- 1766Adrien Maurice de Noailles — Marshal of France (1678-1766)
- 1778Pieter Burman the Younger — Dutch lawyer and philologist (1713-1778)
- 1803Matthew Thornton — American politician (1714–1803)
- 1817Thomas McKean — American Founding Father and politician (1734–1817)
- 1908Grover Cleveland — 22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
- 1909Sarah Orne Jewett — American novelist, short story writer and poet (1849–1909)
- 1922Walther Rathenau — German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)
- 1923Edith Södergran — Finland Swedish poet and writer (1892–1923)
- 1931Xiang Zhongfa — early senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1880-1931)
- 1932Ernst Põdder — Estonian military personnel (1879–1932)
- 1935Carlos Gardel — Uruguayan-Argentine singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1947Emil Seidel — American politician (1864–1947)
- 1964Stuart Davis — American painter (1892-1964)
- 1969Willy Ley — German-American science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969)
- 1976Minor White — (1908-1976) American photographer (1908–1976)
- 1978Robert Charroux — French writer, pseudohistorian and white supremacist (1909-1978)
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