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  Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history john Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1799  William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York on this day in history.   

1802  The birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers' on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers)   

1803  On July - 24 alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)   

1809  On July - 24 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1817  On this day in history adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

1818  On July - 24 felix Godefroid, composer   

1819  On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1823  On this day in history slavery is abolished in Chile.   

1824  On July - 24 harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson   

1824  On July - 24 world's first opinion poll held in the United States   

1824  On July - 24 harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson   

1826  On this day in history francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70)   

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist   

1833  HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay on this day in history.   

1837  On July - 24 charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

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

1842  Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) on July - 24.   

1842  On July - 24 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

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

1847  On this day in history brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT   

1847  On this day in history rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC   

1851  Window tax abolished in Britain on this day in history.   

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

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on July - 24.   

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.   

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.   

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

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.