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Jun 24 1244

Hendrik I the Child 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)

Jun 24 1286

John de Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey English politician and the last Warenne earl of Surrey (d. 1347)

Jun 24 1322

Johanna duchess of BrabantLimburg (Joyful Entry)

Jun 24 1386

Giovanni da Capistrano Italian saint (d. 1456)

Jun 24 1485

Johannes Bugenhagen German reformer (d. 1558)

Jun 24 1499

Johannes Brenz German theologist (Dutch Brentians)

Jun 24 1533

Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester English commander-in-chief in Netherlands

Jun 24 1535

Joan of Spain queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)

Jun 24 1542

St. John of the Cross Spanish Carmelite mystic saint priest and poet (d. 1591)

Jun 24 1546

Robert Parsons English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)

Jun 24 1561

Rombout Hogerbeets lawyerpension minister of Leiden

Jun 24 1590

Samuel Ampzing poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)

Jun 24 1619

Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens governor-general (Neth East Indies)

Jun 24 1663

Jean Baptiste Massillon French churchman (d. 1742)

Jun 24 1669

Francois van Aerssen Dutch vice-admiral (SurinameAlgeria)

Jun 24 1687

Johann Albrecht Bengel German scholar (d. 1757)

Jun 24 1694

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui Swiss publicist (d. 1748)

Jun 24 1704

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Marquis dArgens French writer (d. 1771)

Jun 24 1771

E I Du Pont French chemistscientist (Du Pont)

Jun 24 1774

Franois Nicolas Benot Baron Haxo French general (d. 1838)

Jun 24 1777

John Ross British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)

Jun 24 1795

Ernst Heinrich Weber German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)

Jun 24 1797

John Hughes archbishop founded Fordham University in the Bronx

Jun 24 1804

Willard Richards American religious leader (d. 1854)

Jun 24 1811

John Archibald Campbell Asst Secy War (Confederacy) (d. 1889)

Jun 24 1813

Henry Ward Beecher American clergymanorator (Independent) born in Litchfield Connecticut (d. 1887)

Jun 24 1820

Henry Rootes Jackson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)

Jun 24 1822

Birkett Davenport Fry Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1891)

Jun 24 1825

Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)

Jun 24 1826

George Goyder surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)

Jun 24 1832

Edward Harland American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Norwich Connecticut (d. 1915)

Jun 24 1838

Gustav von Schmoller German economist (Lectern Socialism)

Jun 24 1840

Louis Brassin Belgian composer and pianist born in Aix-la-Chapelle (d. 1884)

Jun 24 1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa

Jun 24 1298 Rindfleisch Persecutions - Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred

Jun 24 1314 Battle of Bannockburn Scotland regains independence from England

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