May 24May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining. Events 1153 Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves for Egypt. 1430 Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne. 1487 Im - William WhewellWilliam Whewell ( May 24, 1794 March 6, 1866) was a British philosopher and historian of science. Whewell was born at Lancaster in England. His father, a carpenter, wished him to follow his trade, but his success in mathematics at Lancaster and Heversham
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January 16January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 349 days remaining (350 in leap years). Events 27 BC Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate. 1362 One of the North Sea's greatest stormtides ever destroys th - Edward Gibbon
April 13April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining. It is also the Ides of April. Events 1055 Victor II is consecrated pope 1111 Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1180 Frederick Barbaros - Nicolas ChamfortNicolas Chamfort ( 1741 April 13, 1794), was a French writer. He was born Nicolas-Sebastien Roch . He was born near Clermont in Auvergne, and, according to a baptismal certificate found among his papers, was the son of a grocer named Nicolas. A journey to
June 3June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. Events 1098 Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. 1140 French scholar, Peter Abelard found guilty of heresy. 1608 Samuel de Champlain completes his thi - Girolamo TiraboschiGirolamo Tiraboschi ( December 8, 1731 June 3, 1794) was an Italian author. A Jesuit priest, Tiraboschi became a professor at the University of Milan. In 1770, he was appointed librarian to Francis III, Duke of Modena. His great work, the Storia della let
July 24July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. Events 1567 Mary Queen of Scots is deposed. 1701 Detroit, Michigan founded. 1814 War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to h - Jean-Antoine Roucher and André Chénier, French poets (guillotined)