Events on 24 September 39
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Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
Year 1780
Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold's plot to surrender West Point.
Year 1789
The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Year 1830
Belgian Revolution: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 5
Birthdays on 24 September 216
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'Adud al-Dawla
b. 936 – d. 983
'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983)
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
b. 1301 – d. 1372
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
Anne of Cyprus
b. 1418 – d. 1462
Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1462)
Shekha of Amarsar
b. 1433 – d. 1488
Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (d. 1488)
Georg von Frundsberg
b. 1473 – d. 1528
Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (d. 1528)
Gerolamo Cardano
b. 1501 – d. 1576
Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576)
Guru Ram Das
b. 1534 – d. 1581
Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
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William Adams (sailor)
b. 1564 – d. 1620
William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d. 1620)
Albrecht von Wallenstein
b. 1583 – d. 1634
Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (d. 1634)
Johan de Witt
b. 1625 – d. 1672
Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1672)
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Jean-Louis Lully
b. 1667 – d. 1688
Jean-Louis Lully, French composer (d. 1688)
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun
b. 1705 – d. 1766
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
Deaths on 24 September 98
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Pope Liberius
d. 366
Pope Liberius
Pepin the Short
d. 768 (b. 714)
Pepin the Short, Frankish king (b. 714)
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Gao Pian
d. 887
Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty
Hermann of Reichenau
d. 1054 (b. 1013)
Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria
d. 1120 (b. 1072)
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
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Agnes of Germany
d. 1143 (b. 1072)
Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
Pope Innocent II
d. 1143
Pope Innocent II
Manuel I Komnenos
d. 1180 (b. 1118)
Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
Robert of Knaresborough
d. 1218 (b. 1160)
Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160)
Stefan the First-Crowned
d. 1228 (b. 1165)
Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (b. 1165)
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Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
d. 1270
Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford
d. 1275 (b. 1208)
Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208)