Time Astra

On this day

24 January

250 events in the atlas are dated to 24 January, from 859 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.

The best known

From every age and part of the world

The Middle Ages

501 – 1500 CE · 14 events

Early modern times

1501 – 1800 · 14 events

The 19th century

1801 – 1900 · 26 events

The 20th century

1901 – 2000 · 101 events

The 21st century

since 2001 · 95 events

About the dates

Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.

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