Page 2: Historical Events In July - 22
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1649 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope (1700-21) 

1651 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer. 

1676 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86 

1686 City of Albany, NY chartered 

1691 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France 

1721 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer 

1722 Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian. 

1726 Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia. 

1729 Diamonds are discovered in Minas Geras Brazil. 

1731 Spain signs Treaty of Vienna. 

1734 Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England. 

1739 Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade 

1763 Catherine II issued her second manifesto inviting foreigners to settle in Russia. It spelled out the conditions under which they could immigrate and granted special rights and privileges. Large numbers of German peasants accepted the invitation. 

1775 George Washington takes command of the troops 

1775 George Washington takes command of US troops 

1784 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function) 

1786 Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71 

1793 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the inaugural Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada. 

1794 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59 

1796 Cleveland, Ohio, is founded by General Moses Cleaveland 

1796 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland 

1802 Frigate Constellation defeats 9 Corsair gunboats off Tripoli. 

1802 Marie-Fran‡ois-Xavier Bichat a founder of histology, dies. 

1802 Marie-Francois-Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, dies 

1807 Karolina Pawlowa, writer. 

1812 Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain. 

1812 French troops are defeated by the British at the Battle of Salamanca in Spain. 

1820 Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862. 

1822 Gregor Mendel, Austrian monk and botanist is born. 

1822 Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity. 

1826 Giuseppe Piazzi discoverer of inaugural asteroid, dies 

1826 Giuseppe Piazzi, monk/mathematician (are discovered 1st asteroid), dies at 80 

1830 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer 

1832 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte, [l'aiglon], king of Rome, dies at 21. 

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