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On April 24, -1479: Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

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Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Thutmose III, sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and military strategists of all time; as Egypt's preeminent warrior pharaoh and conqueror; and as a dominant figure in the New Kingdom period.

People

Born on April 24

Ziyu He 1999– Chinese violinist (born 1999)
Jerry Jeudy 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Ryan Newman 1998– American actress (born 1998)
Lydia Ko 1997– New Zealand professional golfer (born 1997)
Veronika Kudermetova 1997– Russian tennis player (born 1997)
Ashleigh Barty 1996– Australian former tennis player (born 1996)
Kehlani 1995– American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Jordan Fisher 1994– American actor and singer (born 1994)
Caspar Lee 1994– British-South African YouTuber (born 1994)
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Ben Davies 1993– Welsh footballer (born 1993)
Laura Kenny 1992– English cyclist (born 1992)
Jack Quaid 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Sigrid Agren 1991– French model
Morgan Ciprès 1991– French Olympic figure skater
Batuhan Karadeniz 1991– Turkish footballer (born 1991)
Kim Tae-ri 1990– South Korean actress (born 1990)
Jan Veselý 1990– Czech basketball player (born 1990)
Elīna Babkina 1989– Latvian basketball player

People

Died on April 24

Dirk Kempthorne American politician (1951–2026)
Roy Phillips British musician (1941–2025)
Bob Cole Canadian sportscaster (1933–2024)
Terry Hill Australian rugby league footballer (1972–2024)
Donald Payne Jr. American politician (1958–2024)
Mike Pinder British musician (1941–2024)
Wang Xiaolong Chinese coast guard (1995–2023)
Andrew Woolfolk American saxophonist (1950–2022)
Robert Pirsig American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)
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Tommy Kono American weightlifter (1930–2016)
Władysław Bartoszewski Polish politician and activist (1922–2015)
Hans Hollein Austrian architect and designer (1934–2014)
Sandy Jardine Scottish professional footballer
Shobha Nagi Reddy Indian politician (1968–2014)
Tadeusz Różewicz Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator (1921–2014)
Sathya Sai Baba Indian Godman (1926–2011)
Jimmy Giuffre American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1921–2008)
Brian Labone English footballer (1940–2006)

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Every April 24 on record

  1. -1479 Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

    Pharaoh of Egypt from 1479 to 1425 BC

    Thutmose III, sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and military strategists of all time; as Egypt's preeminent warrior pharaoh and conqueror; and as a dominant figure in the New Kingdom period.

  2. -1183 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.

    Ancient city in northwest Asia Minor

    Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.

  3. 858 Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 858 to 867

    Pope Nicholas I, called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death on 13 November 867. He is the last of the three popes listed in the Annuario Pontificio with the title "the Great", alongside Leo I and Gregory I.

  4. 934 Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi suceeds him as caliph.

    The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

  5. 1547 Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

    1547 battle of the Schmalkaldic War

    The Battle of Mühlberg took place near Mühlberg in the Electorate of Saxony in 1547, during the Schmalkaldic War. The Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decisively defeated the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes under the command of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony and Landgrave Philip I of Hesse.

  6. 1558 Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre-Dame de Paris.
  7. 1704 The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
  8. 1793 French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.
  9. 1800 The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
  10. 1837 The great fire in Surat, India causes more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.
  11. 1877 Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  12. 1885 American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  13. 1895 Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop Spray.
  14. 1913 The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  15. 1914 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
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  1. 1915 The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
  2. 1916 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  3. 1916 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  4. 1918 World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
  5. 1922 The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  6. 1924 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).
  7. 1926 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  8. 1932 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
  9. 1933 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
  10. 1944 World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
  11. 1953 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
  12. 1955 The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
  13. 1957 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
  14. 1963 Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
  15. 1965 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.

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