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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon 
1837 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921.
1843 Henry James, American novelist is born.
1843 Carl Eilhardt, composer
1845 Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain).
1850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
1850 John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president.
1851 Earl G Andressy sentenced to death in Hungary.
1853 Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67.
1857 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne
1858 Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists.
1858 Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher
1861 Federal army mobilized by Pres Lincoln
1861 Federal army (75000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln.
1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas.
1865 The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play.
1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl.
1866 William Jackson, composer, dies at 51.
1870 Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada
1874 NY legislature passes compulsory education law.
1874 Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919).
1875 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)
1877 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass.
1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap
1878 Robert Walser, writer
1882 Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo).
1885 Naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during revolution
1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #275 Sapientia.
1888 Florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)
1888 Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65
1889 Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)
1891 Alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family).
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