Page 4: Historical Events In March - 07
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed. 

1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia 

1849 Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist. 

1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850. 

1850 Tomés G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) 

1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 

1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law. 

1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes! 

1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes!1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch and McIntosh killed 

1854 Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes. 

1856 Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact 

1856 Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 

1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs. 

1857 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927). 

1858 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer 

1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville TN 

1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch and McIntosh killed. 

1862 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville). 

1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire 

1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed. 

1862 Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general (KIA), dies at 50 

1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses USA-17666; CSA-7500). 

1864 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction VA (Drewry's Bluff) 

1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17666; CSA-7500) 

1865 Battles round Kinston NC. 

1865 -10] Battles round Kinston NC 

1866 Canada puts 10000 militia on alert after Fenians hold meeting in New York and threaten invasion; as precaution against anticipated attacks on St. Patrick's Day 

1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt 

1866 Paul Ernst, writer. 

1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans. 

1869 Ernst J Cohen, Dutch chemist 

1870 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away 

1870 Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East. 

1872 -8º F in Boston MA. 

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