Page 3: Historical Events In March - 05
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/are discovered American Public Health Assoc. 

1825 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 

1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82. 

1828 Johann Gungl, composer 

1836 In this year, Mexico attacks Alamo and claims the battle 

1836 Samuel Colt manufactures inaugural pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model 

1836 Mexico attacks Alamo. 

1840 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights). 

1842 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. 

1843 William F Sudds, composer 

1845 Congress appropriates $30000 to ship camels to western US. 

1845 Alfonse Hasselmans, composer 

1848 Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance 

1849 Zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president. 

1849 Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president. 

1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. 

1850 Daniel Brink Towner, composer 

1852 Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) 

1853 Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E). 

1853 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 

1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire. 

1856 Georgia is recorded as becoming inaugural state to regulate railroads. 

1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia 

1862 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL. 

1862 Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida. 

1864 The inaugural track meet between Oxford and Cambridge 

1864 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge 

1868 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould. 

1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson. 

1868 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan 

1868 Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/jurist/minister 

1869 Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich 

1870 [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus). 

1871 Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126 

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