Page 3: Historical Events In November - 11
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1810 Johann/John Zoffany, German painter (Tribuna degl' Uffizi), dies at 77. 

1811 Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain 

1811 Ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862. 

1813 Dresden surrenders to allied armies. 

1821 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist (Crime and Punishment) 

1831 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA. 

1832 Paolo Giorza, composer. 

1836 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru. 

1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US, author/editor (Story of a Bad Boy) 

1838 Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal 

1839 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. 

1851 Alvan Clark patents telescope 

1860 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina 

1861 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 

1862 Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia). 

1864 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia 

1864 Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911) 

1865 Mary Edward Walker, the inaugural female Army surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor. 

1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 

1868 1st American amateur track and field meet (NYC). 

1868 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist. 

1869 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia 

1870 Nils Kjaer, Norwegian playwright (Det evige Savn). 

1872 Maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin's Theatre). 

1880 Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol 

1880 Lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies. 

1883 Ernest Ansermet, Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps). 

1885 George Patton, Controversial World War II US General is born. 

1885 George S Patton, US general (Sicily/Italy/Normandy) "Old Blood and Guts". 

1887 Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed 

1887 Roland Young, London England 

1887 Haymarket defenda. 

1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India. 

1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state 

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