Page 2: Historical Events In June - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1757 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer. 

1758 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot 

1767 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the inaugural European to reach the island. 

1772 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72. 

1778 American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War 

1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila. 

1779 French fleet occupies St Vincent 

1780 Michael Henkel, composer. 

1794 George Grote, British historian 

1799 William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus and Neptune). 

1799 Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58. 

1809 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879 

1812 The U.S. declares war on Great Britain, beginning what historians still remember as The War of 1812 

1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain 

1812 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov). 

1813 Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti). 

1815 Battle of Waterloo, where British General Wellington defeats French Emperor Napoleon. 

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blcher. 

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blucher. 

1816 Celebration of inaugural Thanksgiving Day in Upper Canada deliverance from Americans in War of 1812. 

1816 Celebration of inaugural Thanksgiving Day in Upper Canada: deliverance from Americans in War of 1812. 

1817 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies 

1820 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer. 

1821 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin). 

1821 Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52. 

1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined 

1822 Henry David Leslie, composer. 

1824 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht. 

1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55 

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa. 

1837 Spain gets new Constitution 

1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia 

1839 William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920. 

1850 Richard Heuberger, composer. 

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