July 24 in History

starts   2003

Australia leads Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

ends   1997

Following collapse of pyramid schemes, widespread unrest grips Albania

ends   1977

Libya and Egypt fight border war

ends   1974

Far-right military junta in power in Greece

starts   1944

US captures Tinian

  1943

Mussolini is dismissed & arrested

starts   1943

Allies bomb Hamburg

  1923

Treaty of Lausanne with Turkish Republic

starts   1923

Anglo-Turkish dispute over Mosul

ends   1920

Zhili and Fengtian cliques take Beijing

  1914

Serbia accepts most of Austro-Hungarian ultimatum; appeals to Russia

ends   1908

Young Turks force Sultan to restore constitution

  1905

Treaty of Björkö signed by Germany and Russia in an attempt to renew a Russo-German alliance

  1898

US lands in Puerto Rico

ends   1868

Brazil and Argentina capture Fortress of Humaitá

starts   1866

Southern states readmitted to Union

ends   1862

Stuart completes south to north crossing of Australia

ends   1860

Garibaldi defeats Two Sicilies at Milazzo

starts   1850

Danes defeat Schleswig-Holsteiners at Isted

ends   1833

Liberals land in Algarve and march on Lisbon

starts   1812

French and Prussians besiege Riga

starts   1809

Black Brunswickers fight their way across Germany to join British

starts   449

Persians retake Derbent Pass from Huns*

starts   405

Radagaisus and his Goths invade Italy*

starts   231

Romans invade Persia; war ends in fiasco*

starts   50

Iberians overthrow Mithridates of Armenia*