Page 2: Historical Events In January - 06
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1643 Near Montreal, Quebec Paul de Chomedy, Sieur de Maisonneuve, plants a wooden cross on Mount Royal to offer thanks to God for saving the settlement of Ville Marie from flooding 

1646 Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72 

1649 The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes" 

1661 The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London 

1663 Great earthquake in New England. 

1681 inaugural recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher). 

1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher). 

1683 Francois de La Croix, composer 

1685 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68. 

1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king. 

1692 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer. 

1693 Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51. 

1694 Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies 

1695 Giuseppe Sammartini, composer. 

1697 Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56 

1702 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer. 

1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]. 

1720 In this year, The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings 

1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71. 

1728 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer. 

1732 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic). 

1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74 

1742 Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies. 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow 

1745 Jaques Montgolfier, French inventor who built inaugural hot air balloon is born 

1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist) 

1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis 

1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom. 

1776 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel 

1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in the UK) 

1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) 

1784 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 

1785 Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution 

1786 In Saint John, New Brunswick the inaugural sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John 

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