Page 3: Historical Events In March - 27
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1826 Jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63. 

1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio) 

1841 inaugural US steam fire engine tested, New York NY 

1841 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC. 

1844 Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer 

1845 Wilhelm von Rontgen, German discoverer of X-Rays is born 

1845 Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) 

1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910) 

1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster 

1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill. 

1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 

1851 Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer. 

1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene (can jet fuel be far behind?). 

1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene. 

1857 Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician. 

1858 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer 

1859 George Giffen, cricketer (one of Australia's greatest all-rounders). 

1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew). 

1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars. 

1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer. 

1863 Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame is born. 

1863 Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) 

1865 Independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa. 

1865 Siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals 

1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals. 

1865 Siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals 

1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal. 

1866 President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later is recorded as becoming 14th Amendment 

1867 Edyth Walker, US singer 

1868 The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York 

1868 Patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You). 

1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0 

1871 Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas. 

1878 Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies 

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