Page 2: Historical Events In October - 24

1808  Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer on this day in history.   

1811  On October - 24 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow on this day in history.   

1815  On October - 24 john Edwards, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1818  Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) on October - 24.   

1830  On this day in history belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court)   

1836  On October - 24 the match is patented (took me a minute think striking a match)   

1836  A Phillips patents match on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer   

1844  On this day in history karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna   

1851  On October - 24 william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

1851  William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

1852  Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

1856  Constitution of South Australia adopted on this day in history.   

1857  On October - 24 world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England   

1857  World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England on October - 24.   

1860  Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express   

1861  First transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States on October - 24.   

1861  1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) on October - 24.   

1863  On October - 24 manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer   

1864  On this day in history james Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46   

1867  Franco Leoni, composer on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 24 mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese   

1875  On this day in history raffaello Carboni, Italian writer   

1877  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer on October - 24.   

1878  Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram) on October - 24.   

1881  Levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty on this day in history.   

1881  Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

1882  On October - 24 dr Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis   

1882  Sybil Thorndike, England, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.   

1885  Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna on October - 24.   

1885  Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) on October - 24.   

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0051  On this day in history birth of domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)   

1378  On this day in history birth of david Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)   

1607  On this day in history birth of john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver   

1632  Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions) was born on October - 24.   

1675  Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749) was born on October - 24.   

1710  On October - 24 birth of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)   

1763  On this day in history birth of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)   

1788  Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) was born on October - 24.   

0996  Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 on October - 24.   

1375  Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on this day in history.   

1521  Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.   

1537  Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on October - 24.   

1572  Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on this day in history.   

1579  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1601  Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 on October - 24.   

1649  On this day in history ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89