Page 3: Historical Events In October - 02
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1833 NY Anti-Slavery Society organized 

1833 Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina. 

1835 Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian. 

1836 Charles Darwin returns from his voyage on 'HMS Beagle'. 

1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle 

1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years). 

1839 New Zealand comes under jurisdiction of the Governor of New South Wales 

1839 Hans Thoma, painter. 

1842 Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56. 

1847 Paul von Hindenberg, German field marshal and politician is born 

1847 Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president 

1850 Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies. 

1851 The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake 

1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I 

1852 William Ramsay, chemist 

1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 

1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies. 

1857 Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) 

1860 Louis Hersent, painter, dies. 

1861 Former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky 

1863 Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 

1864 Battle of Saltville, VA 

1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener 

1866 Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist 

1869 Gandhi, Indian leader of 'passive' resistance is born. 

1869 Groucho Marx, US comedian of the 'Marx' brothers fame is born 

1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader 

1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 

1870 Rome is recorded as becoming the capital city of Italy 

1871 Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy. 

1871 Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) 

1872 Morgan State University founded 

1872 Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies. 

1873 Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official) 

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