Page 3: Historical Events In June - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1850 Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99 

1853 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies. 

1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist. 

1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan. 

1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist. 

1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65 

1860 Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell]). 

1861 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores). 

1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg. 

1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults. 

1866 Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62 

1868 Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44). 

1870 Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician 

1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall. 

1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall. 

1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election 

1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President. 

1876 August Rockel, composer, dies at 61. 

1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam). 

1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe 

1879 W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage 

1880 John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77. 

1881 Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader 

1882 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28] 

1884 Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40). 

1884 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74. 

1886 George Mallory, English mountaineer is born. 

1886 George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there"). 

1886 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90 

1887 The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed 

1887 Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities). 

1888 Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding) 

1889 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter 

1891 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian 

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