April 24
day of the year
April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 251 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
858 – Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.
934 – Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi succeeds him as caliph.
1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre-Dame de Paris.
1601–1900
1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
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