Page 2: Historical Events In November - 13
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1759 Timothy Olmstead, composer 

1770 George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58 

1771 Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61 

1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal. 

1779 Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61 

1781 English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon 

1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 

1789 Martin de Ron, composer 

1792 Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son). 

1804 Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1880. 

1809 John AB Dahlgren, US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon) 

1811 Yuri Arnold, composer. 

1813 John Wolcott Phelps, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 

1814 Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879. 

1829 Sam Patch loses his life in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls 

1829 Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls 

1830 In this year, Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides". 

1831 James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity). 

1833 Edwin Thomas Booth, US, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet). 

1834 Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco). 

1838 Joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church. 

1839 The inaugural US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 

1839 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY. 

1841 James Braid inaugural sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis 

1843 Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts 

1848 Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922). 

1849 Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California. 

1849 William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62. 

1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, British author is born. 

1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island). 

1851 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange" 

1854 "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300. 

1854 The ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300. 

1854 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) 

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