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Year 1260

Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Year 1360

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

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Year 1590

John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

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Year 1605

Coronation of Jahangir

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Year 1641

Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinard the leader of the Irish Rebellion issues his Proclamation of Dungannon justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to Charles I

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Year 1648

The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.

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Year 1795

Third Partition of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

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Year 1812

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.

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Year 1851

William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.

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Year 1857

Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇵🇼 Palau · United Nations Day

🇿🇲 Zambia · Independence Day

Birthdays on 24 October 334

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David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay

b. 1378 – d. 1402

David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1402)

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Andrea della Robbia

b. 1435 – d. 1525

Andrea della Robbia, Italian artist (d. 1525)

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Anthony Babington

b. 1561 – d. 1586

Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

b. 1632 – d. 1723

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)

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Lorenzo Magalotti

b. 1637 – d. 1712

Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1712)

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Steven Blankaart

b. 1650 – d. 1704

Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (d. 1704)

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Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

b. 1675 – d. 1749

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)

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Marie Fel

b. 1713 – d. 1794

Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (d. 1794)

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Dorothea von Schlegel

b. 1763 – d. 1839

Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)

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Moses Montefiore

b. 1784 – d. 1885

Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (d. 1885)

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Sarah Josepha Hale

b. 1788 – d. 1879

Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)

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Massimo d'Azeglio

b. 1798 – d. 1866

Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)

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Deaths on 24 October 111

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Li Yu (Later Tang)

d. 935

Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor

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Hugh Capet

d. 996 (b. 938)

Hugh Capet, French king (b. 938)

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Jocelin of Soissons

d. 1152

Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer

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William IV, Count of Nevers

d. 1168

William IV, Count of Nevers (b.c. 1130)

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Qutuz

d. 1260

Qutuz, Egyptian sultan

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Valdemar IV of Denmark

d. 1375 (b. 1320)

Valdemar IV of Denmark (b. 1320)

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Jane Seymour

d. 1537 (b. 1508)

Jane Seymour, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)

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Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

d. 1572 (b. 1508)

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)

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Tycho Brahe

d. 1601 (b. 1546)

Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)

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Jean Titelouze

d. 1633

Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)

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Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey

d. 1642 (b. 1582)

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)

Pierre Gassendi

d. 1655 (b. 1592)

Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)

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