Page 3: Historical Events In November - 06
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1862 Charles Davis Jameson, US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35. 

1863 Battle of Rogersville TN 

1864 Battle of Cane Hill, AK 

1865 Maastricht-Venlo railway in Neth opens 

1865 Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer, dies at 51. 

1867 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru) 

1869 Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa. 

1869 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) 

1871 Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa 

1875 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator 

1875 John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71 

1876 Giacomo Antonelli, secretary of state of Pius IX, dies at 70 

1878 Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter," premieres in Oslo 

1878 Ernest Irving, composer. 

1879 Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day. 

1879 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician. 

1883 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race. 

1883 Hubert Bath, composer. 

1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea 

1884 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer/conductor (Meduza, Eros i Psyche) 

1885 US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close 

1885 Emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor. 

1887 Walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218) 

1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Indiana) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes 

1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats Pres Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes 

1892 John Alcock, English pilot (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean). 

1893 August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director (Uninhabited Island) 

1893 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (Nutcracker), dies at 53 

1896 Jim Jordan, Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee) 

1897 Peter Pan opens in NY at Empire Theater. 

1897 Edouard Deldevez, composer, dies at 80 

1900 President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan. 

1900 Battle at Bothaville: gen-mjr Charles Knox beats Boers. 

1900 PWJ Le Gallais, British lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville. 

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