Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  On this day in history france declares war on German   

1706  Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on this day in history.   

1717  Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on September - 24.   

1732  On this day in history 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

1739  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II on September - 24.   

1742  On this day in history faneuil Hall opens to the public   

1742  On this day in history faneuil Hall opens to public   

1748  On this day in history philipp Meissner, composer   

1755  John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) on September - 24.   

1755  On September - 24 georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45   

1762  William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) on this day in history.   

1773  On September - 24 johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer   

1776  1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster on September - 24.   

1780  On September - 24 benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point.   

1789  On September - 24 congress creates the Post Office   

1789  On September - 24 congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court   

1789  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General.   

1789  Congress creates Post Office on September - 24.   

1790  On September - 24 john Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies   

1806  On September - 24 george Alexander Osborne, composer   

1813  On September - 24 andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72   

1815  John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1817  On September - 24 ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)   

1821  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) on September - 24.   

1824  Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history frances E W Harper, famous African   

1827  On September - 24 henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1829  On this day in history russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople   

1829  James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on September - 24.   

1833  Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1834  A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies on September - 24.   

1838  On September - 24 anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

1841  Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei on this day in history.   

1841  Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah) on this day in history.   

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

1501  On September - 24 birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

1513  On this day in history birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on this day in history.   

1564  On September - 24 birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  On September - 24 birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  On September - 24 birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on September - 24.   

0768  On September - 24 pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53   

0786  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on September - 24.   

0911  On this day in history ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

1054  On this day in history death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on September - 24.   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on September - 24.   

1143  Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies on September - 24.