Page 3: Historical Events In November - 28
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1853 Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory. 

1854 Dutch army formally ends Chinese uprising in Borneo 

1854 Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarians/German botanist 

1856 Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer 

1857 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85). 

1859 Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies. 

1860 Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies 

1861 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA. 

1861 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army 

1861 Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54. 

1862 Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) 

1864 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia 

1864 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver 

1866 Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper (England). 

1868 Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer. 

1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC. 

1875 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa 

1876 Bert Vogler, cricketer (early South African googly bowler) 

1876 Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84. 

1878 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych). 

1878 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78 

1879 Battle at Lydenburg S Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu 

1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16] 

1881 Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity) 

1883 Paul Hastings Allen, composer. 

1887 Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian 

1892 Thomas Wood, composer 

1893 Women vote in a national election for the inaugural time: the New Zealand general election. 

1894 Brooks Atkinson, drama critic (Broadway theater namesake) 

1895 America's inaugural auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner averages 7 MPH. 

1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH 

1896 Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly). 

1897 Uno Choyo, writer 

1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [OS]. 

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