On This Day: October 24th

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.

Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.

The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.

John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.

After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.

In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.