Page 2: Historical Events In July - 24

1783  Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule on this day in history.   

1793  On July - 24 france passes 1st copyright law   

1796  On July - 24 herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1798  John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

1799  On July - 24 william Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York   

1802  On July - 24 the birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers'   

1802  Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers) on this day in history.   

1803  Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) on this day in history.   

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1812  On July - 24 joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63   

1813  Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to blow up British warship Plantagenet with a torpedo near Cape Henry, Virginia on July - 24.   

1815  Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810] on this day in history.   

1817  Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history felix Godefroid, composer   

1819  On July - 24 sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1823  Slavery is abolished in Chile on this day in history.   

1824  Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson on this day in history.   

1824  World's first opinion poll held in the United States on this day in history.   

1824  Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson on this day in history.   

1826  On July - 24 francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70)   

1826  On this day in history jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65   

1827  Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on July - 24.   

1831  On July - 24 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41   

1832  On July - 24 benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.   

1832  On July - 24 johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist   

1833  On July - 24 hMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay   

1837  Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

1841  Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter on July - 24.   

1842  On July - 24 ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)   

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81   

1847  Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT on this day in history.   

1847  On July - 24 rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC   

1851  Window tax abolished in Britain on July - 24.   

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1380  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on July - 24.   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on this day in history.   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  On July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1652  On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.   

1739  On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday