What happened on September 24 ?
Deaths
366 - Pope Liberius
768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
1054 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
1143 - Pope Innocent II
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor
1213 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France
1494 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1541 - Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)
1605 - Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer
1621 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer
1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1834 - Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)
1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
1923 - Sheila MacRae, Singer, actress (b. 1862)
1930 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1939 - Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)
1975 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
1981 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
1984 - Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1991 - Dr. Seuss, American children's writer (b. 1904)
1991 - Peter Bellamy, Folk Singer (b. 1944)
1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
2003 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935)
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
Late Roman Empire - start of the indiction year (at least since the time of Bede)
In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives.
Catholic Calendar: Our Lady of Mercy
Also see September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Guinea-Bissau - Independence Day (declared, from Portugal, 1973)
New Caledonia - Territorial Day
South Africa - Heritage Day.
Barcelona, Spain - La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities: Festival Website (obsolete link)
Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day (1976)
French Republican Calendar - Châtaigne (Chestnut) Day, third day in the Month of Vendémiaire
BBC: On This Day
The History Channel: This Day in History
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