Page 2: Historical Events In July - 06
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1638 Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter. 

1641 Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army 

1652 Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns) 

1668 Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist 

1669 LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River. 

1673 French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War. 

1678 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer 

1685 Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth. 

1687 In this year, Newton publishes "Principia" 

1699 Capt William Kidd arrested in Boston 

1699 Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston. 

1701 William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged 

1702 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer. 

1734 Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 

1739 Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer 

1747 John Paul Jones at Arbigland, Scotland is born 

1747 Coelestin Jungbauer, composer 

1753 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized 

1757 French troops sent to re-enforce Louisbourg; the Corps Royal, consisting of six officers, four hundred recruits from France, and twenty artillery men, plus two battalions of the Berry Regiment 

1758 George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general. 

1762 Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 

1765 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76 

1768 Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78. 

1770 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish. 

1773 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer. 

1775 Congress issues "Declaration of the leads to and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent. 

1776 Dec of Ind announced on front page of the "PA Evening Gazette" 

1776 Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette" 

1777 British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 

1782 British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) 

1782 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet 

1785 In this year, Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" and formally adopts decimal coinage. 

1785 John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero is born 

1785 William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens) 

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