On November 24, history records 35 notable events, 209 famous births and 100 deaths, spanning the years 380 to 1863.
Events on this day include: Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. (380); Polish Prince Leszek the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa. (1227).
Notable people born on November 24 include Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1427).
Notable figures who died on this day include Emperor Kōtoku (654), Bagrat IV of Georgia (1072), Leszek the White (1227).
Events on 24 November 35
See all →Polish Prince Leszek the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe.
Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
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Birthdays on 24 November 209
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