June 24 in History
24 June in History – 85 years ago
 
		
	Sub-Saharan Africa 1940: World War II and the Fall of France
In 1939 Germany invaded Poland, prompting Britain and France to declare war. Although this... SEE MORE…
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Ending on 24 June 1864
All Events on 24 June
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				2023
				
				
			
			
				Wagner Group in mutiny against Russian government
			
		
	
	
	
		
			
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				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
			
		
	
	
	
	
		
			
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				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
			
		
	
	
		
			
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				1833
				
			
			
				Liberals land in Algarve and march on Lisbon
			
		
	
	
	
		
			
				   
				
				1812
				
			
			
				Napoleon crosses Niemen river into Russia
			
		
	
	
	
	
		
			
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				455
				
			
			
				Vandals ravage Campania and sack Capua*
			
		
	
	
		
			
				starts   
				
				440
				
			
			
				Vandals attack Sicily and besiege Panormus*
			
		
	
	
	
		
			
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				430
				
				
			
			
				Octar rules over the western Huns*
			
		
	
	
		
			
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				430
				
				
			
			
				Octar’s Huns expand to Upper Rhine*
			
		
	
	
		
			
				   
				
				430
				
			
			
				Hunnic king Octar dies during war with Burgundians*
			
		
	
	
		
			
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				407
				
				
			
			
				Vandals, Alans, and Suebi ravage northern Gaul*
			
		
	
	
		
			
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				356
				
				
			
			
				Alemanni besiege Augustodunum; driven off by Julian
			
		
	
	
		
			
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				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*
			
		
	
	
	
		
			
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				79
				
				
			
			
				Vespasian rules Roman Empire
			
		
	
*Actual date uncertain; set to 24 June for purposes of Omniatlas
							
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