On This Day: April 24th

Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.

The great fire in Surat, India causes more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.

The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".

French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.

The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.

Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre-Dame de Paris.

Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi suceeds him as caliph.

Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.