Page 2: Historical Events In November - 24
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
1747 Felice Alessandri, composer 

1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius 

1766 J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist. 

1768 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer. 

1784 Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850) 

1795 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer. 

1800 Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen," premieres in Freiburg. 

1806 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq. 

1811 Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ). 

1815 James Hewward Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865. 

1817 Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala. 

1822 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50. 

1824 Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist 

1826 Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio). 

1827 Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54 

1829 William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903. 

1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 

1835 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Govt 

1838 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65 

1840 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 

1842 Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92 

1848 Lilli Lehmann, opera singer 

1848 William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69 

1849 Frances Burnett, British novelist is born 

1849 The Father of the Tractor John Froelich, the inventor of the inaugural gasoline-powered farm tractor, was born in Froelich, Iowa. Froelich's tractor, completed in 1892, featured a Van Duzen one-cylinder gasoline engine mounted on wooden beams to operate a threshing machine. 

1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book (My Secret Garden). 

1853 Bat Masterson gambler, saloon keeper, lawman, journalist; subject of TV series in the 1960s; was born. 

1859 In this year, Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" 

1861 Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens 

1862 In this year, M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo" 

1863 Civil War battle for Lookout Mountain began in Tennessee. 

1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee. 

1863 Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32 

1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge) 

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