Page 2: Historical Events In July - 24

1783  On July - 24 simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule   

1793  On July - 24 france passes 1st copyright law   

1796  On July - 24 herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1798  On July - 24 john Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1799  On this day in history william Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York   

1802  The birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers' on July - 24.   

1802  On this day in history alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers)   

1803  Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) on July - 24.   

1809  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1817  On July - 24 adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

1818  On July - 24 felix Godefroid, composer   

1819  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

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

1832  Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist on July - 24.   

1833  On July - 24 hMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay   

1837  On this day in history charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1841  Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter on July - 24.   

1842  On July - 24 ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)   

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

1846  On July - 24 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 this day in history.   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.   

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on July - 24.   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

1759  On July - 24 birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

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

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

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 July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.