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On February 24, 484: King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.

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King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.

Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric was King of the North African Vandal Kingdom and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was married to Eudocia, daughter of western Roman Emperor Valentinian III and Licinia Eudoxia.

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Born on February 24

Samuele Vignato 2004– Italian footballer (born 2004)
Rafael Obrador 2004– Spanish footballer
Honey Osrin 2003– British swimmer
Antony Matheus dos Santos 2000– Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
Nichika Yamada 2000– Japanese volleyball player (born 2000)
Đurđina Jauković 1997– Montenegrin handball player (born 1997)
Royce Freeman 1996– American football player (born 1996)
Jessica Pegula 1994– American tennis player (born 1994)
Earl Sweatshirt 1994– American rapper (born 1994)
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Stefan Ashkovski 1992– Macedonian footballer
Tim Erixon 1991– American-born Swedish ice hockey player
Madison Hubbell 1991– American ice dancer
O'Shea Jackson Jr. 1991– American actor, rapper and songwriter (born 1991)
Semih Kaya 1991– Turkish footballer
Christian Kabasele 1991– Congolese-born Belgian footballer (born 1991)
Dwayne Allen 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Derek Wolfe 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Trace Cyrus 1989– American musician

People

Died on February 24

Roberta Flack American singer (1937–2025)
Kumar Shahani Indian film director and screenwriter (1940–2024)
Edith Roger Norwegian dancer and stage director (1922–2023)
Ronald Pickup British actor (1940–2021)
Katherine Johnson American mathematician (1918–2020)
Sridevi Indian actress (1963–2018)
Haukur Hilmarsson Icelandic activist (1986–2018)
Peter Kenilorea Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (1943–2016)
Nabil Maleh Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
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George C. Nichopoulos American physician
Mefodiy Autocephalous Orthodox Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (1949–2015)
Rakhat Aliyev Kazakh politician (1961–2015)
Franny Beecher American rock and roll musician (1921–2014)
Alexis Hunter New Zealand painter and photographer (1948–2014)
Carlos Páez Vilaró Uruguayan artist (1923–2014)
Harold Ramis American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)
Virgil Johnson Doo-wop group from Odessa, Texas
Con Martin Irish footballer (1923–2013)

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Every February 24 on record

  1. 484 King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.

    King of the Vandals

    Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric was King of the North African Vandal Kingdom and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was married to Eudocia, daughter of western Roman Emperor Valentinian III and Licinia Eudoxia.

  2. 1303 The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.

    Part of the First War of Scottish Independence (1303)

    The Battle of Roslin on 24 February 1303 was a Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence. It took place near the village of Roslin, where a force led by the Scots John Comyn and Sir Simon Fraser ambushed and defeated an English reconnaissance party under Lord John Segrave.

  3. 1386 King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

    King of Naples (1382–1386) and Hungary (1385–1386)

    Charles III of Naples, also called Charles the Small or Charles of Durazzo, was King of Naples and the titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles III, and also King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1381, Charles created the chivalric Order of the Ship. In 1383, he succeeded to the Principality of Achaea on the death of James of Baux.

  4. 1525 A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.

    European dynastic family

    The House of Habsburg, also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of Europe and European influenced polities. They were best known for ruling vast realms throughout Europe and the Americas during the Middle Ages and early modern period, including the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

  5. 1527 Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1556 to 1564

    Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564. Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg in the name of his elder brother, Emperor Charles V, and often served as Charles' representative in developing encouraging relationships with German princes. In addition, Ferdinand also developed valuable relationships with the German banking house of Jakob Fugger and the Catalan bank, Banca Palenzuela Levi Kahana.

  6. 1538 Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
  7. 1582 With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
  8. 1597 The last battle of the Cudgel War takes place on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.
  9. 1607 L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
  10. 1711 Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.
  11. 1739 Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
  12. 1803 In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
  13. 1809 London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.
  14. 1809 Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique.
  15. 1812 Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
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  1. 1813 Sinking of HMS Peacock by USS Hornet on the Demerara River, Guyana.
  2. 1821 Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
  3. 1822 The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
  4. 1826 The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
  5. 1831 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
  6. 1848 King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
  7. 1854 A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
  8. 1863 Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  9. 1868 Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
  10. 1875 The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  11. 1876 The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
  12. 1881 China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
  13. 1895 Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
  14. 1916 The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
  15. 1917 World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

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