Page 2: Historical Events In March - 01
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1592 Measles in Seneca nation. 

1592 Malta plague epidemic in Malta killing 3000 people. 

1592 London plague in London killing 19900+ in London and outer parishes people 

1593 The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden 

1596 Plague in Spain. 

1607 Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer 

1610 Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian. 

1619 Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53. 

1628 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. 

1630 Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized 

1633 Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu 

1633 George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39 

1634 Battle at Smolensk; Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 

1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 

1642 Georgeana (York) ME became the inaugural incorporated American city 

1642 Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city. 

1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59. 

1690 Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer 

1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem MA). 

1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA). 

1693 Benedict Schultheiss, composer, dies at 39 

1703 Dieudonne Raick, composer 

1709 Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer 

1711 "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) 

1711 Peregrinus Pogl, composer 

1734 Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor. 

1755 In Quebec city Quebec Jean-Armand Dieskau is appointed commander of the French regular troops in Canada 

1771 Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer 

1771 Isfrid Kayser, composer, dies at 58 

1773 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63 

1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 

1779 Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer 

1780 Pennsylvania is recorded as becoming inaugural US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only). 

1780 Pennsylvania is recorded as becoming the inaugural American state to abolish slavery 

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