June 24 in History
24 June in History – 85 years ago
Sub-Saharan Africa 1940: World War II and the Fall of France
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ends
2023
Wagner Group in mutiny against Russian government
starts
1948
Soviet Union stop land and water communications between Berlin and the West
1939
Siam officially renamed to Thailand
1922
Aleksandr Antonov, leader of Tambov rebellion, killed in Soviet ambush
1922
Japanese announce they will withdraw from Primorye (Russian Far East) by end of October
1920
Azadistan independent of Persia
starts
1893
Nansen tries for North Pole by drifting in pack ice aboard *Fram*
1866
Austria defeats Italy at Custoza
ends
1864
Grant’s Overland Campaign
1861
Tennessee secedes
1859
France and Sardinia defeat Austria at Solferino
1857
French decisively defeat Kabyles at Icheriden
1839
Egypt decisively defeats Ottoman invasion at Nezib
starts
1833
Liberals land in Algarve and march on Lisbon
1812
Napoleon crosses Niemen river into Russia
starts
440
Vandals attack Sicily and besiege Panormus*
ends
430
Octar rules over the western Huns*
ends
430
Octar’s Huns expand to Upper Rhine*
430
Hunnic king Octar dies during war with Burgundians*
ends
407
Vandals, Alans, and Suebi ravage northern Gaul*
ends
356
Alemanni besiege Augustodunum; driven off by Julian
starts
273
Firmus leads uprising in Egypt in support of Palmyra*
238
Romans disband 3rd Legion, abandon African limes*
193
Clodius Albinus aligns with Septimius Severus*
ends
79
Vespasian rules Roman Empire
*Actual date uncertain; set to 24 June for purposes of Omniatlas
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