| April 24th 0858 | | Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope
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| April 24th 1061 | | Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed
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| April 24th 1185 | | Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet
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| April 24th 1288 | | Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
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| April 24th 1311 | | Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
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| April 24th 1364 | | Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht
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| April 24th 1524 | | Duke of Bourbon drives admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
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| April 24th 1547 | | Battle of Mhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave
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| April 24th 1558 | | Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Fran‡ois
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| April 24th 1570 | | Battles between Spanish troops & followers of sultan Suleiman
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| April 24th 1596 | | Pacificatie of Ireland drawn
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| April 24th 1704 | | "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in US, forms
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| April 24th 1762 | | Russia & Prussia signs peace treaty
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| April 24th 1792 | | "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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| April 24th 1800 | | Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
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