Page 2: Historical Events In July - 24

1783  Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule on July - 24.   

1793  France passes 1st copyright law on July - 24.   

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  William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York on this day in history.   

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 July - 24 alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)   

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on July - 24.   

1812  On this day in history 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  Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810] on July - 24.   

1817  Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) on July - 24.   

1818  Felix Godefroid, composer on this day in history.   

1819  On July - 24 sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1823  Slavery is abolished in Chile on this day in history.   

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

1824  World's first opinion poll held in the United States on this day in history.   

1824  Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson on July - 24.   

1826  Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) on this day in history.   

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.   

1827  Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on July - 24.   

1831  On July - 24 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41   

1832  Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist   

1833  On this day in history hMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay   

1837  Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on July - 24.   

1841  Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter on this day in history.   

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

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on July - 24.   

1846  On this day in history joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81   

1847  On this day in history brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT   

1847  Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC on this day in history.   

1851  Window tax abolished in Britain on July - 24.   

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1380  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

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 this day in history.   

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on July - 24.   

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  On this day in history birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

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

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.   

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

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

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

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

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.   

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