On July 24, history records 47 notable events, 188 famous births and 67 deaths, spanning the years 1132 to 1814.
Events on this day include: Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. (1132); Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. (1148).
Notable people born on July 24 include Christina von Stommeln (1242), Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1529).
Notable figures who died on this day include Oswulf of Northumbria (759), Gao Ying (811), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (946).
Events on 24 July 47
See all →Year 1304
Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
Year 1534
French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
Year 1567
Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
Year 1701
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
Year 1814
War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.