Page 3: Historical Events In July - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1842 Notary Stamp Law passes 

1843 Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63 

1845 Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57. 

1846 In this year, Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US 

1850 President Zachary Taylor , the twelfth president of the United States, died from an attack of cholera morbus, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmor 

1850 Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism 

1852 Fire destroys 1100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die. 

1853 Adm Perry and US Navy visit Japan 

1853 Commodore Perry Sails in Tokyo Bay representing the U.S. government, sailed into Tokyo Bay, Japan, with a squadron of four vessels. 

1855 Johann P Zilcher, German composer 

1855 Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War 

1856 Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) 

1857 Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18). 

1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man) 

1860 Temperature hits 115°F in Ft Scott and 112°F in Topeka Kansas. 

1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky 

1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson 

1863 R Morgan's: Indiana [->JUL 13] 

1864 Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400. 

1864 Franz Miller, is recorded as becoming inaugural Train Murderer. 

1867 An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer) 

1868 The inaugural black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 

1868 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 

1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented 

1872 Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me 

1872 Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me. 

1875 Francis Preston Blair Jr famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 

1875 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54. 

1876 Black landowner murdered in Hamburg SC. 

1877 The All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's inaugural lawn tennis championship on 

1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held. 

1878 An improved corncob pipe patented by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo. 

1878 An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo 

1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis 

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