On May 24, history records 49 notable events, 170 famous births and 87 deaths, spanning the years 919 to 1683.
Events on this day include: The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. (919); The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. (1218).
Notable people born on May 24 include Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (1335), Pontormo (1494), John Jewel (1522).
Notable figures who died on this day include Ségéne (688), Lanfranc (1089), Hugues de Payens (1136).
Events on 24 May 49
See all →The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America.
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
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Birthdays on 24 May 170
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Deaths on 24 May 87
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