Page 3: Historical Events In May - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1854 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (To my Fatherland). 

1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president. 

1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South. 

1862 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist 

1862 William H Keim, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48 

1863 Siege of Vicksburg MS 

1863 Siege of Vicksburg, MS. 

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 

1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian. 

1864 James Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41. 

1865 William Heinemann, England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental). 

1866 French Government of De Putte steps down. 

1866 French Govt of De Putte steps down 

1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia (1894-1917) 

1869 Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan 

1869 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall. 

1871 Franiska zu Reventlow, writer 

1872 Bertrand Russell, English philospher is born. 

1872 Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950). 

1875 Guido Alberto Fano, composer. 

1880 In this year, 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso claims in 2:37.5. 

1881 Georgi Atanasov, composer. 

1882 Eduardo Fabini, composer. 

1883 Walter Gropius, American architect is born. 

1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect (Bauhaus school of design). 

1885 Australians depart Suakin in the Sudan for Sydney 

1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50) 

1886 Ole Windingstad, composer. 

1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis," premieres in Paris 

1887 Ernst Wiechert, writer 

1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris 

1889 G Gunnarson, writer. 

1891 Rudolf Carnap, philosopher (German Logical Positivist) 

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