Page 2: Historical Events In November - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1764 Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet. 

1770 John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician 

1778 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher, dies at 58. 

1794 Russian troops occupy Warsaw 

1795 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter 

1799 Napoleon is recorded as becoming dictator (1st consul) of France 

1801 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer, dies at 56 

1802 Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist 

1809 Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1877. 

1810 Thomas Bragg, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1872. 

1812 Paul Abadie, French master builder (renovated Notre Dame) 

1817 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General (Union volunteers) 

1818 Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers and Sons) [NS]. 

1820 Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling) 

1821 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Phila. 

1821 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer. 

1823 William Henry Forney, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 

1825 Ambrose Powell Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate 3rd Army Corp), died in 1865. 

1829 Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66 

1835 Davorin Jenko, composer. 

1837 Alfred Holmes, composer 

1841 [Albert] Edward VII, king of England (1901-10) 

1848 Post office at Clay and Pike opens 

1848 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed. 

1850 Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist 

1851 Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. 

1853 Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun. 

1854 Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres 

1854 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer 

1857 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published 

1858 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra. 

1861 Battle of Piketon, KY. 

1861 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) 

1862 US Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him. 

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