June 24 109 Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north west of Rome.
June 24 637 The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.[1]
June 24 972 Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.[2]
June 24 1128 Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.[3]
June 24 1230 The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.[4]
June 24 1314 First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.[5]
June 24 1340 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
June 24 1622 Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
June 24 1762 Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
June 24 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
June 24 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
June 24 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams:: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
June 24 1821 The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
June 24 1859 Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
June 24 1866 Battle of Custoza:: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro Prussian War.
June 24 1900
Captain (now Brevet Major) Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday, Royal Marine Light Infantry
On the 24th June, 1900, the enemy, consisting of Boxers and Imperial troops, made a fierce attack on the west wall of the British Legation, setting fire to the West Gate of the south stable quarters, and taking cover in the buildings which adjoined the wall. The fire, which spread to part of the stables, and through which and the smoke a galling fire was kept up by the Imperial troops, was with difficulty extinguished, and as the presence of the enemy in the adjoining buildings was a grave danger to the Legation, a sortie was organised to drive them out. A hole was made in the Legation Wall, and Captain Halliday, in command of twenty Marines, led the way into the buildings and almost immediately engaged a party of the enemy. Before he could use his revolver, however, he was shot through the left shoulder, at point blank range, the bullet fracturing the shoulder and carrying away part of the lung. Notwithstanding the extremely severe nature of his wound, Captain Halliday killed three of his assailants, and telling his men to "carry on and not mind him," walked back unaided to the hospital, refusing escort and aid so as not to diminish the number of men engaged in the sortie.
— London Gazette, 1 January 1901.
June 24 1940 World War II: Operation Collar the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
June 24 1943 US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, Battle of Bamber Bridge
June 24 1954 First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
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