Page 2: Historical Events In July - 24

1783  On this day in history simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule   

1793  On July - 24 france passes 1st copyright law   

1796  On this day in history herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1798  John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 on July - 24.   

1799  On July - 24 william Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York   

1802  The birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers' on this day in history.   

1802  On July - 24 alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers)   

1803  On this day in history alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)   

1809  On July - 24 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  On July - 24 joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63   

1813  Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to blow up British warship Plantagenet with a torpedo near Cape Henry, Virginia on July - 24.   

1815  On July - 24 antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810]   

1817  On this day in history adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

1818  On this day in history felix Godefroid, composer   

1819  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on July - 24.   

1823  On July - 24 slavery is abolished in Chile.   

1824  On July - 24 harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson   

1824  On July - 24 world's first opinion poll held in the United States   

1824  On this day in history harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson   

1826  Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) on July - 24.   

1826  On this day in history jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65   

1827  On July - 24 julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1832  On July - 24 benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.   

1832  On this day in history johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist   

1833  HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay on this day in history.   

1837  On July - 24 charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1841  On this day in history raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter   

1842  On this day in history ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)   

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 on July - 24.   

1847  On July - 24 brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT   

1847  Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC on July - 24.   

1851  On this day in history window tax abolished in Britain   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On July - 24 birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.   

1115  On this day in history death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday