Page 3: Historical Events In January - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1855 Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies 

1856 Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) 

1857 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA 

1857 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif. 

1857 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) 

1858 Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. 

1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader 

1861 Mississippi is recorded as becoming 2nd state to secede 

1861 The inaugural hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC 

1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 

1862 In Halifax, Nova Scotia the Grenadier Guards land to garrison the Citadel Fort 

1863 -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman). 

1863 Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71. 

1866 Fisk University establishes. 

1866 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher. 

1867 Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth) 

1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge). 

1871 Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player 

1876 Hans Bethge, writer. 

1878 Umberto I is recorded as becoming King of Italy. 

1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 

1879 Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson 

1879 Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas 

1879 Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Ft Robinson. 

1879 John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist 

1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 

1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days 

1881 Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo). 

1886 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73. 

1889 Near Queenston Ontario the Niagara Suspension Bridge collapses during a winter storm. 

1890 Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot" 

1891 August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor) 

1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten. 

1894 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters. 

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