Page 3: Historical Events In September - 24

1845  On September - 24 the first baseball team is organized   

1848  Pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle) on this day in history.   

1850  On September - 24 papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England   

1852  On this day in history a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated   

1852  On September - 24 henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight   

1853  The first round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) on September - 24.   

1853  1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) on this day in history.   

1855  On September - 24 alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86   

1856  On September - 24 henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies   

1859  On September - 24 julius Klengel, cellist/composer   

1860  On this day in history samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist   

1862  On this day in history confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal   

1864  On September - 24 battle of Pilot Knob MO   

1865  On September - 24 james Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF   

1865  On this day in history frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81   

1869  On September - 24 black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold   

1869  The Black Friday Wall Street panic occurs when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history georges Claude, inventor (neon light)   

1872  On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna   

1875  On this day in history william Walker, composer, dies at 66   

1877  Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion on this day in history.   

1881  Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch on this day in history.   

1881  Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1883  On September - 24 national black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky   

1884  Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1885  5 German warships depart to Zanzibar on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives)   

1886  On September - 24 james Burke, NYC, actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy)   

1889  Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder on September - 24.   

1890  On this day in history pres of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned   

1890  On this day in history alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen)   

1892  Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Wandering Jew) on this day in history.   

1892  On September - 24 cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69   

1893  On this day in history julia Faye, Richmond VA, actress (10 Commandments, Samson & Delilah)   

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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 this day in history birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

1513  On September - 24 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  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on September - 24.   

1625  On this day in history birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on this day in history.   

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

0786  On this day in history al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  On September - 24 ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

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  On September - 24 innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies