Page 2: Historical Events In November - 15
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1696 Gerhardus Havingha, composer 

1705 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer 

1708 William Pitt the Elder, (Whig) UK PM (1756-61, 66-68) `Great Commoner'. 

1715 Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to the Netherlands 

1715 Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands. 

1727 NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath. 

1731 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (John Gilpin) [OS]. 

1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer (discovered Uranus) 

1741 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher. 

1755 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer. 

1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. 

1774 William Horsley, composer. 

1775 Georges-Julien Sieber, composer. 

1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress 

1787 Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73. 

1788 Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 

1791 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens 

1793 Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry). 

1800 George Rodwell, composer 

1806 In this year, 1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Govt, publishes 1st issue 

1812 Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57 

1813 Allied troops occupies Groningen. 

1814 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 

1815 John Banvard, NYC, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas) 

1815 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65. 

1816 Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 

1824 Series of fires results in the deaths of 10 (Edinburgh Scotland) 

1826 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura. 

1827 Creek-indians lose all their property in US 

1829 Petrus A S van Limburg Brouwer, MP/critic (Akbar) 

1831 Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76. 

1832 Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation," premieres. 

1832 Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63 

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti 

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