Page 2: Historical Events In December - 20
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1720 Charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender]. 

1729 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer. 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk 

1749 Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies. 

1758 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer. 

1774 Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer. 

1780 England declares war on Netherlands 

1783 Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 

1786 Pietro Raimondi, composer. 

1790 inaugural successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 

1790 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 

1793 Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54. 

1798 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72. 

1799 David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66. 

1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M 

1807 Richard Lucian Page, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 

1808 Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1887 

1809 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer 

1812 Achille Peri, composer 

1812 Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis and Clark, dies. 

1813 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, (Gov-Iowa)/US Sect of Interior (1881-82). 

1815 Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 

1819 John Geary, 1st SF postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850). 

1819 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50. 

1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50. 

1821 Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75. 

1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna. 

1825 Romeyn Beck Ayres, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888. 

1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium. 

1833 Samuel A Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 

1850 Hawaiian post office established. 

1858 Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist (3 Brides) 

1859 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher 

1860 SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, inaugural state to secede. 

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