Page 2: Historical Events In January - 21
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1743 John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton). 

1746 Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard and Gertrude) [NS] 

1746 Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 

1749 The Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1754 

1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer. 

1757 In Ticonderoga New York Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga. 

1759 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot 

1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer 

1771 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director 

1774 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56. 

1775 Manuel Garcia, composer. 

1789 The inaugural American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published 

1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published 

1792 French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris. 

1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes and Tales). 

1793 Jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is are discovered guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution 

1793 Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution. 

1793 Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided). 

1793 Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 

1796 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author 

1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced 

1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer 

1813 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111). 

1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer. 

1815 Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia). 

1815 M Claudius, writer, dies at 74. 

1818 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair". 

1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 

1821 John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed). 

1823 Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer 

1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa 

1824 Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general is born. 

1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) 

1827 Freedom Journal, inaugural Black paper, begins publishing. 

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