Page 3: Historical Events In July - 02
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1822 Denmark Vesey and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC. 

1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains) 

1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC 

1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia 

1830 John Bordenave Villepigue, Brig General (Confederate Army). 

1834 Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank. 

1836 Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894. 

1843 An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm. 

1843 An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm 

1843 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 

1847 Envelope bearing the inaugural US 10. stamps, still exists today 

1847 Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today. 

1847 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology) 

1849 Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike. 

1850 Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus. 

1850 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 

1857 Francesco Spetrino, composer. 

1858 Partial emancipation of Russian serfs. 

1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, WV. 

1861 Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31. 

1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges. 

1862 William Henry Bragg, English physicist is born. 

1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day) 

1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 

1864 Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester. 

1864 Statuary Hall in US Capitol established 

1864 Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Wash DC. 

1865 William Booth forms the Salvation Army 

1865 William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation). 

1865 Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen) 

1867 The inaugural US elevated railroad begins service, NYC 

1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC 

1867 Herbert Prior, England, actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire). 

1870 Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium 

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