Page 5: Historical Events In March - 01
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1874 Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth 

1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883. 

1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883 

1876 Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn). 

1878 inaugural winter ascent of Aneto 

1878 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer. 

1879 Library of Hawaii founded. 

1880 Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis. 

1882 Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki) 

1883 In this year, Nicholas Flood Davin publishes the inaugural issue of the Regina Leader 

1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale) 

1885 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) 

1886 The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. 

1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960) 

1890 The inaugural US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published. 

1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published. 

1890 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral). 

1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa) 

1892 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60. 

1893 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador. 

1893 Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy) 

1895 G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958). 

1896 Battle of Adua 80000 Ethiopians destroy 20000 Italians 

1896 Battle of Adua: 80000 Ethiopians destroy 20000 Italians. 

1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer 

1896 Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle 

1898 Through service commences over the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Montreal. This is achieved through a series of leases and running rights agreements with the Grand trunk Railway. 

1899 Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90 

1900 Edna Swithenbank Manley, Jamaican sculptor, wife of PM. 

1900 Yellow fever in West Africa. 

1900 Trypanosomiasis in Uganda. 

1901 Naval and military forces of the States transferred to Commonwealth control. 

1902 Langston Hughes, American poet is born 

1902 Cholera in Egypt. 

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