November 24 in History

51 events 380 – 2023

November 24 spans 51 recorded events across recorded history — from 380 – 2023. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.

2023 — Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds

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David Oluwale was born in 1930 in Nigeria and later moved to the United Kingdom.

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The circumstances surrounding Oluwale's death led to a change in the way police interactions with vulnerable individuals are handled in the UK.

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The River Aire in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, is where Oluwale's body was found in 1969.

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The Leeds City Police Force was found to have orchestrated the harassment that led to Oluwale's death, resulting in the prosecution of several officers.

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Oluwale's death led to the first successful prosecution of British police officers for involvement in the death of a Black person, setting a significant legal precedent in the UK.


Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
Roman emperor from 379 to 395
Theodosius I, also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene Christianity. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule the entire Roman Empire before its administration was permanently split between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. He ended the Gothic War (376–382), but did so on terms disadvantageous to the empire, with the Goths remaining politically autonomous within Roman territory, albeit as nominal allies.
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380
An earthquake hits Syria, causing multiple casualties and damages in Antioch, Damascus and Mosul.
Earthquake affecting Syria and Lebanon
The 847 Damascus earthquake occurred in AD 847. Recent scholarship suggests that the earthquake was part of a multiple earthquake stretching from Damascus to the south, to Antioch in the north and to Mosul in the east. There were an estimated 20,000 casualties in Antioch according to the 13th-century historian and writer Al-Dhahabi, and 50,000 in Mosul. It is thought to be one of the most powerful earthquakes along the Dead Sea Transform.
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847
Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.
Italian nobleman and crusader, King of Jerusalem from 1190 to 1192
Conrad of Montferrat was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the de facto King of Jerusalem by virtue of his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem from 24 November 1190, but officially elected only in 1192, days before his death. He was also the eighth Marquess of Montferrat from 1191.
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1190
Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia.
Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1206 to 1227
Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
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1221
Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing.
1227 massacre of Piast-dynasty dukes in Gąsawa, Poland
The Gąsawa massacre was an attack on the night of 23-24 November 1227, during a council of Polish Piast dukes that was being held near the village of Gąsawa in Kuyavia, Poland. The High Duke of Poland, Leszek the White, was assassinated, and Duke Henry the Bearded of Silesia was gravely wounded.
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1227
An overnight landslide on the north side of Mont Granier, one of the largest historical rockslope failures ever recorded in Europe, destroys five villages.
Limestone mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains, southeastern France
Mont Granier (1,933m) is a limestone mountain located between the départements of Savoie and Isère in France. It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range of the French Prealps between the towns of Chapareillan and Entremont-le-Vieux. Its east face overlooks the valley of Grésivaudan and Combe de Savoie, and the north face overlooks Chambéry. At 900 meters tall, Mont Granier has one of the highest cliffs in France.
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1248
Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates.
King of Cyprus from 1358 to 1369
Peter I was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346. As King of Cyprus, he had some military successes, but he was unable to complete many of his plans due to internal disputes that culminated in his assassination at the hands of three of his knights.
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1359
Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides. The periodisation of the war typically charts it as taking place over 116 years. However, it was an intermittent conflict which was frequently interrupted by external factors, such as the Black Death, and several years of truces.
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1429
Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
1542 English victory over Scotland
The Battle of Solway Moss took place on Solway Moss near the River Esk on the English side of the Anglo-Scottish border in November 1542 between English and Scottish forces.
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1542
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first European to reach New Zealand, which he named Staten Landt. He was also the eponym of Tasmania.
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1642
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20 people 1983 – 1998
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1992
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1990
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1986
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1986
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1985
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1984
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1983
Lars Eckert
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What happened on November 24?

A featured event on this date is 2023: Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds. This page also lists 51 events from other years on the same day.

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November 24 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on November 24?

Notable birthdays on this date include Jeremy Swayman, Marcus Bontempelli, Nabil Bentaleb.

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Who died on November 24?

Notable deaths on this date include Jimmy Cliff, Dharmendra, Barbara Taylor Bradford.

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What happened on November 24 in history?

On November 24, one notable event in history was 2023: Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds..

This date currently highlights 51 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 380 – 2023.

DateNovember 24
Featured year2023
LocationLeeds
Events listed51

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