WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. MAY
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The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. (24. May 1218)

Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. (24. May 1276)

The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. (24. May 1487)

Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. (24. May 1595)

100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America. (24. May 1607)

The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. (24. May 1621)

Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. (24. May 1626)

The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. (24. May 1667)

The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded. (24. May 1689)

John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday. (24. May 1738)

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. (24. May 1798)

South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). (24. May 1813)

Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito. (24. May 1822)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published. (24. May 1830)

The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland, and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. (24. May 1830)

The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference. (24. May 1832)

Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line. (24. May 1844)

Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. (24. May 1846)

John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. (24. May 1856)

American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. (24. May 1861)