June 24 in History

The rebellion is provoked by Matildas arrogance & tax demands. Londoners expel Matilda from Westminster during a banquet. Attempts to become the 1st crowned Queen of England but has to leave London

Forced to flee to Oxford from London

The King's of England & France, Phillip II, meet before embarking for Jerusalem

Completes the capture of Normandy from John by taking Rouen

Normandy is finally lost to France after Philip II takes its capital Rouen

Completes the capture of Normandy from John by taking Rouen

John is left with just the Channel Islands after his other French possessions are lost

John is left with just the Channel Islands after his other French possessions are lost

Normandy is finally lost to France after Philip II takes its capital Rouen

Normandy is finally lost to France after Philip II takes its capital Rouen

Completes the capture of Normandy from John by taking Rouen

Defeats Edward II when he fails to relieve Stirling Castle

Edward III's naval victory at Sluys protects communications with allies in Flanders.

The truce with France expires

Cabot reaches land across the North Atlantic and claims the discovery for the English crown.

Sails with a patent from Henry VII to possess lands "unknown to all Christians"

Discovers Newfoundland, naming it "Prima Vista"

Bids Henry VIII farewell at the Field of Cloth of Gold

Says farewell to Francis I

The revised Book of Common Prayer comes into use under Elizabeth

Oxford is surrendered to Parliament, only Pendennis, Raglan & Harlech remain

Oxford agrees surrender terms with Fairfax, ending the Royalist capital's resistance.

Fairfax receives Oxford's surrender and ends the king's wartime capital.

Surrenders Oxford to Parliament

Fairfax receives the surrender of Oxford, ending the Royalists' principal headquarters and effectively closing the First Civil War.

Four years after the first Battle of Narva, Peter I marched again in an attempt to capture Narva. Marshal Boris Sheremetevs force of 20,000 capture Tartu

During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties

During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties.

During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties

Napoleon's Grande Armée invades the Russian Empire, beginning the central crisis of Alexander's reign.

Watches leading regiments of the Grand Army cross the River Niemen at Kovno

Crosses the River Niemen with the "Grande Armee". Collects 675,000 men from the grand Duchy of Warsaw

530,000 vross the River Niemen to invade Russia

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Wins independence for Venezuela which becomes a province of Gran Colombia. Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia

Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia. Defeats a Royalist Army at Caraboba

Dismisses Gyulai & assumes command of 160,000 against the Franco-Piedmontese

Defeated by the French in Piedmonts attempt to gain Lombardy or Venetia & unite Italy

Defeated by the French in Piedmonts attempt to gain Lombardy or Venetia & unite Italy

Defeated by the French in Piedmonts attempt to gain Lombardy or Venetia & unite Italy

Seeing that the truce was ending, Austria and Prussia arrived at a new agreement, that the war was to completely separate the duchies from Denmark

Appointed Member of Cabinet, leader of the "Tory Democrats"

Appointed Secretary of State for India

Stabbed to death at Lyons by an Italian anarchist

Has an appendix operation 2 days before his planned coronation

Greece and Serbia break their alliance with Bulgaria over the Macedonia and Thrace border

The Macedonia and Thrace border dispute with Bulgaria causes the 2nd Balkan War

Greece and Serbia break with Bulgaria over the Macedonia and Thrace border

Visits Great Britain

Defends registration as a means of matching national manpower with military and industrial requirements.

Reviews recruiting policy under the new coalition government.

Austrian forces driven out of The Bukovinah

Leads the fourth army in the main part of the offensive North of the River Somme

24 June-13 November, tanks are used for the 1st time at the 1st Battle of the Somme

Haig's armies begin the prolonged bombardment intended to destroy German wire and forward defences.

Leads the 3rd Army south of the River Somme

Reports the failure of the Austrian offensive in Italy as an important Allied success.

Praises the Italian resistance that defeats the Austrian attack along the Piave.

Becomes first Minister of Health after the ministry is created.

Finland retains sovereignty after League mediation.

Sweden accepts the League settlement over the islands.

Is assassinated by members of the right-wing Organisation Consul while travelling from his Grunewald home to the Foreign Office.

Appointed President of Venezuela, 2nd term

Addresses the Reichstag after Rathenau's murder and condemns the political forces encouraging anti-republican violence.

Presides over an angry Reichstag session after Rathenau's murder and repeatedly calls deputies to maintain parliamentary order.

Produces the Simon Report

Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central Government. Recommends responsible Government in the provinces. Produces the Simon Report

Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central Government. Recommends responsible Government in the provinces. Produces the Simon Report

Appointed Marshal

Appointed Marshal

Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia

Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia

Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia

By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft

Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia

Sends the Eighth & 15th mechanized corps on the offensive

By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft

Manstein captures the bridges at Dvinsk

Eisenhower assumes command of the US Armys European Theatre of Operations (ETOUSA)

Using cyclotron-produced plutonium, Segre measures a spontaneous-fission rate low enough to keep the plutonium gun concept viable at this stage.

Frisch confirms through criticality measurements that the planned implosion-core design is satisfactory.

Western governments answer Soviet restrictions with economic countermeasures while refusing to abandon Berlin.

Soviet measures halt road and rail access and restrict power supplies while the Western airlift and counter-blockade expand.

Clay states that the United States will remain in Berlin despite Soviet pressure and access restrictions.

The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east. Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin

Announces only a war can drive the US out of Berlin

The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east. Russian power cuts in west Berlin & a halt of all railway traffic. Russia imposes a blockade on Berlin. Announces the blockade & imposes a total road & rail blockade in & out of Berlin

Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin

The west anounces a counter-blockade from west to east. Russia blockades Berlin, the US says that it will stay in Berlin

Resigns as Prime Minister of France

Directs Moonfleet.

Becomes President of Egypt after winning a national referendum.

Scores a hat-trick as Brazil defeat France 5-2 in the semi-final.

McCone testified before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee about the Geneva nuclear test negotiations and the technical problems of verification.

Parliament elects Kasa-Vubu as the first President of the independent Congo.

Lumumba forms a coalition government shortly before national independence.

Oswald applied for a new United States passport while planning foreign travel that eventually developed into his September journey toward Mexico City and a hoped-for visit to Cuba.

Levi Eshkol forms an Israeli Government. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

John Lennons second book, A Spaniard in the Works, is published

A new constitution establishes a highly centralised presidential republic.

Soldiers kill miners and family members during repression in the Siglo XX mining district.

First appearance on Top Of The Pops to promote "See Emily Play". Syd is immaculate in velvet and satin

Government troops attack mining communities during the San Juan Massacre.

Directs the film adaptation of Catch-22

Addresses the American public on television near the conclusion of his summit visit.

Appointed Ambassador of South Vietnam

Resigns as President of Ireland, aged 90

Kabariti participates in economic reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Directs The American Friend.

Magazine's debut album Real Life enters the UK albums chart and reaches number twenty-nine.

Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy a nuclear power plant in Iraq at Osirak, Iraq, before it goes into operation, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons

Israel & the PLO endorse ceasefire agreements

Israel & the PLO endorse ceasefire agreements

Dribbles through the Brazilian midfield before setting up Claudio Caniggia for the winning goal.

Rounds the goalkeeper and scores the only goal as Argentina eliminate Brazil from the World Cup.

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term

Mitterrand supported the accession agreements preparing Austria, Finland and Sweden to join the European Union.

Hosts the signing of accession treaties with Austria, Finland, Sweden and Norway during the Corfu summit.

Represents Italy as leaders discuss enlargement and preparation for the next institutional reform conference.

Represents Germany as leaders discuss enlargement, institutional development and preparation for the next intergovernmental conference.

Hosts the European Council as leaders address enlargement, institutional development and external policy.

Represents Ireland as leaders discuss enlargement and preparation for further institutional reform.

Signs the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a new framework for relations between Russia and the European Communities.

Represents Finland as the accession treaty is signed during the Corfu European Council.

Represents Sweden at the Corfu signing of the treaty providing for Nordic and Austrian accession.

Represents Austria at Corfu when the treaty for the 1995 enlargement is signed.

Fronts Pulp as the band step in to headline Glastonbury after the Stone Roses withdraw.

Cassini completes a second Venus gravity assist, gaining speed for the next stage of its journey to Saturn.

Joins Middle East policy work as the administration links Palestinian reform, Israeli security, and a two-state settlement.

Works on Middle East diplomacy as the administration develops a two-state framework after the June speech.

Calls for two states and Palestinian institutional reform as the basis for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.

Links American support for Palestinian statehood to democratic leadership, security reform, and peaceful coexistence with Israel.

States that the United States will support a Palestinian state if Palestinian institutions are reformed and terrorism ends.

Supports interagency policy work translating the President's two-state statement into diplomatic planning.

Represents US policy in Israel as Washington promotes the President's two-state formula and Palestinian institutional reform.

Supports the President's speech and frames the two-state goal through diplomacy with Israel, Palestinians, and Arab governments.

Helps shape the administration's policy linking a Palestinian state to accountable government and security reform.

Represents US policy toward Palestinians as the administration states support for a reformed Palestinian state beside Israel.

Calls for two states and Palestinian institutional reform.

The government led by Anneli Jäätteenmäki ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Ahmadinejad sweeps to the presidential post with a stunning 17,046,441 votes out of a total of 27,536,069 votes cast

Scores a spectacular extra-time volley as Argentina defeat Mexico 2-1 in the World Cup round of sixteen.

Scores Argentina's equaliser in the World Cup round-of-sixteen match against Mexico.

Brown is formally declared Leader of the Labour Party.

Brown becomes Labour leader without an opposing candidate.

The former Millennium Dome reopens as The O2 entertainment venue.

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Announces that he will resign after the Leave victory.

Celebrates the Leave victory after the referendum result.

Responds to the referendum result as Foreign Secretary.

Says a second Scottish independence referendum is highly likely after Scotland votes Remain.

Announces the national EU referendum result in Manchester.

The Leave side wins the referendum by 52 percent to 48 percent.

Announces that he will resign as Prime Minister after the referendum result.

Condemns the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe.

Launches an armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership

Denounces the Wagner mutiny as a stab in the back

Is appointed to replace Yurii Sodol.

Is dismissed after criticism of battlefield command.

Birth of Philippa of Hainault, a daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland, and Joan of Valois, the granddaughter of Philip III of France

Birth of Horatio Herbert Kitchener

Birth of Fred Hoyle near Bingley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Birth of Patrick Moraz, later Yes keyboard player during the Relayer period.

Death of Ivan Asen II

Hampden dies at Thame from wounds received six days earlier during the Battle of Chalgrove.

Death of Marie Francoise Sadi Carnot, assassinated

However, all the refugees who entered the castle were taken prisoner by its formerly pro-English governor Walter fitz Gilbert who, like many Lowland knights, declared for Bruce as soon as word came of the Scottish King's victory

Humphrey de Bohun was ransomed by Edward II, his brother-in-law, on the pleading of his wife Isabella. This was one of the most interesting ransoms in English history. The Earl was traded for Bruces queen, Elizabeth de Burgh and daughter, Marjorie Bruce, two bishops amongst other important Scots captives in England

Leading a large company of Welsh and English knights and archers. The archers might have had success at breaking up the Scots schiltrons until they were overrun by the Scots cavalry.

When the battle was lost Bohun retreated with the Earl of Angus and several other barons, knights and men to Bothwell Castle, seeking a safe haven.

Commands the left wing

Edward is forced to recognize Scottish independence. Defeated by Robert the Bruce after failing to relieve Stirling Castle. After the Battle of Bannockburn Edward is forced to recognize Scottish independence

Wins the recognition of Scottish independence. English losses are about 10,000, the Scots lose 4,000

Joint Commander with Sir James Douglas of the left wing at Bannockburn

Shares in Edward IIs defeat by the Scots, commands the rearward division

Present at the English victory in the Battle of Sluys

Wins a major naval victory over the French fleet

Wins a naval victory over the French fleet to transport his forces across to France

Edward III leads a campaign in north France & defeats the French fleet

Helps the Prusso-British Army defeat the French in Westphalia

The patriot victory at Carabobo secured effective Venezuelan independence and strengthened republican government.

Defeats a Royalist Army at Caraboba

Receives another major victory over Ottoman forces at the Battle of Nezib.

Saves the Austrian Army from a total rout by a rear guard action

The north Italian village of Solferino is captured by the French from the Austrians. The North Italian village of Solferino is captured by the French from Franz Josef. Dismisses Gyulai & assumes command of 160,000 against the Franco-Piedmontese. Defeated by the French in Piedmonts attempt to gain Lombardy or Venetia & unite Italy

The Austrians are defeated by the French & Sardinians

Albrecht defeats the larger Italian army at Custoza and protects the approaches to Verona.

Victor Emmanuel accompanies the army during the defeat at Custoza and subsequent withdrawal.

Cancels supplies to the battle when the French are saved from by Allied bombardment

Attempts to become the 1st crowned Queen of England but has to leave London

Crowned Queen of England

Followed by a banquet in Westminster hall, "greater than any Caesar had known". Crowned at Westminster

At the coronation of Henry VIII Shrewsbury bore the sword curtana

Given the crown, sceptre & sword, bestowing upon her the right to rule Scotland