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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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EU Sc Bd 1543 May 24 Nicolaus Copernicus dies
EU Sc Gv 1653 May 24 German Parliament selects Ferdinand IV as king of Austria EU ?? ?? 1660 May 24 English king Charles II visits Netherlands EU ?? ?? 1667 May 24 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands EU Sc Gv 1689 May 24 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants EU ?? ?? 1697 May 24 English king William III travels through northern Europe ?? ?? ?? 1726 May 24 People’s revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax ?? Sc Rn 1738 May 24 Aldersgate Day: Methodist Church forms when when John Wesley experiences assurance of his salvation
NA Sc Gv 1775 May 24 John Hancock becomes president of Congress
NA ?? ?? 1797 May 24 Thomas Jefferson inquires about a former flame
UK Cf Nw 1809 May 24 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
AU Mv Ex 1815 May 24 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, AustraliaNA Cf Sw 1818 May 24 General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida
SA Cf Ei 1822 May 24 Battle of Pichincha, Simon Bolivar secures independence of Quito from Spain
IT Sc Rn 1824 May 24 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
EU Cf Gi 1827 May 24 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independence
EU Sc Rn 1829 May 24 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate NA Me Mu 1830 May 24 Mary Had A Little Lamb is first published
NA Sc Gw First passenger rail service in U.S. (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland) EU Cf Lw 1834 May 24 Portuguese Civil war ends, Miguel I of Portugal capitulates
NA Se Iv 1844 May 24 Samuel F. B. Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (first telegraph msg)
NA Cf Ma 1846 May 24 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War
NA Sc Lc 1854 May 24 Anthony Burns, escaped slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston
NA Sc Ed Lincoln University, Penn, first Black college in U.S. forms by Presbyterians NA Cf Sk 1856 May 24 In Kansas, John Brown and a small band of abolitionists murder five pro-slavery men in the Pottawatomie Massacre
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