Page 3: Historical Events In January - 05
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France. 

1810 Auguste Mermet, composer. 

1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) 

1813 Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903. 

1814 Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72. 

1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire 

1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894. 

1823 William Rockstro, composer 

1825 Alexandre Dumas pare fights his inaugural duel; his pants fall down. 

1827 Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63. 

1828 inaugural edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) 

1828 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad). 

1828 August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895 

1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell 

1835 Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer. 

1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo. 

1837 A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]. 

1840 Records show 95820 licensed public houses in England on this date. 

1840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 

1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is inaugural to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf. 

1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf 

1846 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom 

1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908). 

1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet 

1848 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 

1850 California Exchange opens 

1850 Calif Exchange opens. 

1850 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher 

1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die. 

1855 USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops 

1855 King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor). 

1856 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67. 

1858 Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror). 

1858 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 

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