Page 4: Historical Events In March - 12
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1878 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint. 

1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory) 

1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's inaugural black international football player and captain. 

1881 Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee) 

1883 Judge Jackson, composer. 

1883 Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies. 

1884 Mississippi establishes inaugural US state college for women 

1884 Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women. 

1885 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer 

1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in northeast US (400 die) 

1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die) 

1888 Hall Johnson, composer. 

1888 Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76 

1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad); Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated. 

1889 Ethiopia's Johannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma fighting the Mahdists. 

1889 Start of South Africa's inaugural Test, vs England, Port Elizabeth 

1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated 

1889 Philip Guedalla, historian 

1889 Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle 

1890 A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour 

1891 Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist 

1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday 

1896 The inaugural movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220). 

1896 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 

1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great 

1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel. 

1898 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa) 

1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 

1900 President Steyn of Orange Free state flees from Bloemfontein. 

1900 David Croll, QC senator 

1901 Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) 

1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54. 

1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL 

1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund. 

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »
Hisdates•Com
Home