What is January 24?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[41]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Caligula|Gaius Caesar (Caligula)]], known for his [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentricity]] and cruel [[despotism]], was [[assassin]]ated by his disgruntled [[Praetorian Guard]]s. * [[1438]] &ndash; [[Pope]] [[Pope Eugenius IV|Eugenius IV]] was suspended by the [[Council of Basel]]. * [[1458]] &ndash; [[Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary|Matthias I Corvinus]] becomes king of [[Hungary]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]] reaches the Puka-Puka Islands in the [[Tuamotu Archipelago]], [[Polynesia]], South [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[1624]] &ndash; [[Alfonso Mendez]], appointed by [[Pope Gregory XV]] as Prelate of [[Ethiopia]], arrives at [[Massawa]] from [[Goa]]. * [[1679]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of England]] disbands [[Parliament]]. * [[1742]] &ndash; [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII Albert]] becomes [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: The leading burghers of [[Konigsberg]] (now [[Kaliningrad]]) submit to [[Elizabeth of Russia]], forming [[Russia]]n [[Prussia]] (until [[1763]]). * [[1772]] &ndash; [[France]] takes control of the [[Crozet Islands]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. * [[1817]] &ndash; Crossing of the [[Andes]]: Many soldiers of [[Juan Gregorio de las Heras]] are captured in the Action Pichenta. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[Slave]]s in [[Salvador da Bahia]], [[Brazil]], stage a revolt which is instrumental in ending [[slavery]] there 50 years later. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[California gold rush]]: [[James W. Marshall]] finds [[gold]] at [[Sutter's Mill]] near [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; The [[University]] of [[Calcutta]] is founded. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[Bucharest]] becomes the [[capital city]] of [[Romania]]. * [[1888]] &ndash; [[Jacob L. Wortman]] patents the [[typewriter ribbon]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1908]] &ndash; [[Robert Baden-Powell]] begins the [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] movement. * [[1916]] &ndash; In [[Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad]], the [[