Page 2: Historical Events In July - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1751 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister 

1756 Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers 

1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem). 

1771 Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54. 

1775 Capt Cook with Resolution returns to England. 

1781 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35. 

1784 Denis Diderot, writer, dies at 70. 

1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for inaugural time. 

1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 

1793 Josepf Francois Snel, composer 

1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 

1809 British armed force of 39000 lands in Walcheren 

1811 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico 

1815 Thomas Jackson Rodman, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers) 

1817 Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer 

1818 Emily Bronte, English novelist is born 

1818 Emily Jane Bronte, England, novelist (Wuthering Heights) 

1822 James Varick is recorded as becoming inaugural bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church. 

1822 James Varick is recorded as becoming 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church. 

1824 Gioacchino Rossini is recorded as becoming manager of Theatre Italian, Paris 

1824 Eugenio Terziani, composer. 

1825 Malden Island is discovered 

1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 

1831 Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation) 

1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies. 

1836 The inaugural English newspaper published in Hawaii. 

1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii. 

1837 Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 

1838 Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal) 

1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad. 

1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club. 

1855 James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History". 

1856 Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith). 

1857 Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899). 

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