What is July 24?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === *[[1132]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nocera]] between [[Ranulf II of Alife]] and [[Roger II of Sicily]]. *[[1148]] &ndash; King [[Louis VII of France]] lays [[siege]] to [[Damascus]] during the [[Second Crusade]]. *[[1245]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent IV]] forces King [[Sancho II of Portugal]] out, and replaces him with [[Afonso III of Portugal]]. *[[1411]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Harlaw]], one of the bloodiest in [[Scotland]], takes place. *[[1487]] &ndash; Citizens of [[Leeuwarden]], the [[Netherlands]], strike against a ban on foreign [[beer]]. *[[1534]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cartier]] plants a cross on the Gaspe peninsula in present–day [[Quebec]], taking possession of the [[territory]] and naming it after [[Francis I of France]]. *[[1567]] &ndash; [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is deposed and replaced by her 1–year–old son King [[James I of England|King James VI]]. *[[1701]] &ndash; [[Detroit, Michigan]] is founded. *[[1783]] &ndash; The [[Georgia (country)|Kingdom of Georgia]] and the [[Russian Empire]] sign the [[Treaty of Georgievsk]]. *[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: General [[Phineas Riall]] advances toward [[Niagara]] to halt [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders. *[[1823]] &ndash; [[Chile]] abolishes [[Slavery]]. *[[1823]] &ndash; The [[Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo]] takes place. *[[1832]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Bonneville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wyoming]]'s [[South Pass]]. *[[1847]] &ndash; After 17 months of travel, [[Brigham Young]] leads 148 [[Mormon]] pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]]. *[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Kernstown]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]] defeats [[United States|Union]] troops led by General [[George Crook]] in an effort to keep Yankees out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]]. *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction]]: [[Tennessee]] becomes the first [[U.S.