Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen   

1717  Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on this day in history.   

1732  On September - 24 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

1739  On September - 24 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II   

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

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to public on September - 24.   

1748  On this day in history philipp Meissner, composer   

1755  John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) on this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45   

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

1773  Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer on September - 24.   

1776  On this day in history 1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster   

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

1789  On September - 24 congress creates Post Office   

1790  John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1806  George Alexander Osborne, composer on September - 24.   

1813  On this day in history andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72   

1815  John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 on September - 24.   

1817  On this day in history ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)   

1821  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) on this day in history.   

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

1825  Frances E W Harper, famous African on September - 24.   

1827  Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

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

1829  On September - 24 james St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

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 this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

1841  Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei on September - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history 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  On September - 24 birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)   

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  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on this day in history.   

0366  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on this day in history.   

1054  On September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  On September - 24 death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

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.