Page 2: Historical Events In November - 11
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1641 Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies 

1647 Massachusetts passes inaugural US compulsory school attendance law 

1647 Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law 

1648 Dutch and French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands. 

1657 Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) 

1671 Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine. 

1673 Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used 

1675 Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the inaugural time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function 

1675 Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, 9th sikh guru. 

1679 Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist 

1688 Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England 

1688 Lorenzo Somis, composer. 

1690 Gerhard Hoffmann, composer. 

1696 Andrea Zani, composer 

1714 A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street. 

1722 Johann Philipp Sack, composer 

1724 Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. 

1724 Willem A Alting, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1780-97) 

1725 Georg F Handel's opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London. 

1731 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer. 

1736 Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver. 

1744 Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801). 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England 

1748 Carlos IV, king of Spain (1788-1808) 

1750 The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the inaugural college fraternity 

1752 Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna. 

1755 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91. 

1767 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster. 

1771 Ephraim McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery) 

1772 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84. 

1778 Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre. 

1788 Michal Wielhorski, composer. 

1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China 

1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein. 

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