Page 3: Historical Events In July - 05
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1861 Battle of Carthage, MO 

1863 Battle of Jackson, MS and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS. 

1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 

1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London 

1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws. 

1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings) 

1868 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren). 

1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins 

1871 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies. 

1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer. 

1877 Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) 

1878 The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established 

1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 

1879 Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup. 

1880 Jan Kubelik, composer. 

1881 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal 

1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42. 

1884 German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon 

1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62 

1885 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage). 

1886 Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter) 

1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57. 

1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies. 

1889 Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée) 

1891 Hail results in the deaths of 6 horses in Rapid City, SD 

1891 John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946) 

1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies 

1895 Gordon Jacob, composer. 

1897 Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer. 

1899 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist (NYC cabinet) 

1900 In this year, Sgt. Arthur H.L. Richardson (Cdn.) (Strathcona's Horse) claims the Vicotria Cross at Wolve Spruit South Africa. 

1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 

1900 Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands. 

1901 Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter is born. 

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