Page 3: Historical Events In January - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1830 James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs. 

1834 Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician 

1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC 

1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at Pres Andrew Jackson in Washington DC. 

1835 Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 

1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail 

1841 A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 

1841 Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914. 

1844 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) 

1846 Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism). 

1847 Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco. 

1853 Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugenie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman 

1853 Leland Hone, cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience) 

1854 The inaugural election in Washington Territory; 1682 votes cast. 

1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1682 votes cast. 

1858 William Wells Brown published inaugural Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 

1858 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester. 

1860 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44. 

1861 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer. 

1862 US Navy's inaugural ironclad warship (Monitor) launched. 

1862 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched. 

1862 Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer 

1865 Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian 

1866 Gelett Burgess, author (Purple Cow) 

1871 Seymour Hicks, St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge). 

1873 Rose Melville, actress (Sis) 

1877 Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces 

1879 French President MacMahon steps down 

1881 Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 

1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President is born. 

1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945) 

1883 England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test. 

1885 John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero. 

1888 Harry Moses 297 not out for New South Wales against Victoria 

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