Page 3: Historical Events In March - 08
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1861 St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies. 

1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal. 

1862 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 

1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor. 

1862 Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 

1862 Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 

1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor. 

1865 Battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks). 

1865 Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks). 

1865 Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer 

1869 Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 

1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer. 

1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 

1876 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) 

1879 M Lichnowsky, writer. 

1883 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer. 

1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite. 

1886 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) 

1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes. 

1887 The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton. 

1887 Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 

1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73. 

1888 Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste) 

1889 Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business). 

1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 

1890 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher. 

1891 Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) 

1892 Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) 

1894 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York. 

1894 New York passes inaugural state dog license law 

1894 The state of New York enacts the nation's inaugural dog-licensing law 

1896 Volunteers of America forms (NYC) 

1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen. 

1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen 

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