July 24
| 1505 | On their way to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sack the city-state of Kilwa. | |
| 1567 | Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI. | |
| 1701 | Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes Fort Ponchartrain for France at present-day Detroit, Michigan. | |
| 1704 | Admiral George Rooke takes Gibraltar from the Spanish. | |
| 1766 | At Fort Ontario, Canada, Ottawa chief Pontiac and William Johnson sign a peace agreement. | |
| 1791 | Robespierre expels all Jacobins opposed to the principles of the French Revolution. | |
| 1847 | The first members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) arrive in Utah, settling in present-day Salt Lake City. | |
| 1862 | The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, dies at the age of 79. | |
| 1897 | African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps arrive in St. Louis, Mo., after completing a 40-day bike ride from Missoula, Montana. | |
| 1941 | The U.S. government denounces Japanese actions in Indochina. | |
| 1942 | The Soviet city of Rostov is captured by German troops. | |
| 1950 | The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocates from Japan to Korea. | |
| 1974 | The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes. |
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