Page 2: Historical Events In July - 07
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1774 Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83. 

1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton. 

1778 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer 

1790 Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68 

1794 Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51. 

1798 Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'. 

1799 Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside Lahore. 

1799 William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 

1801 Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence 

1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published. 

1806 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education. 

1807 France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit. 

1813 John Macarthur ships 36 bales of wool from New South Wales to England 

1813 William Scott Ketchum, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871 

1814 Walter Scott's "Waverley" published 

1814 Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 

1816 Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 

1824 Alfred Pleasonton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 

1826 Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56 

1827 James Murrell Shackelford, Brig General (Union volunteers). 

1829 Royal Military Chapel forms. 

1838 Central American federation is dissolved 

1843 Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist (Nobel 1906). 

1846 US annexs California. 

1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia. 

1851 Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist, are discovered gerontology clinic 

1853 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Le Pacha Bonneval) 

1856 George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank and Alec, Test for England). 

1860 Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan). 

1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, VA. 

1861 John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies 

1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land. 

1863 The inaugural military draft by US (exemptions cost $100). 

1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100). 

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