Historical Events In October - 24
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1808 Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer on this day in history.
1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on October - 24.
1812 On October - 24 napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1815 On this day in history john Edwards, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1818 Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court)
1836 On this day in history the match is patented (took me a minute think striking a match)
1836 On October - 24 a Phillips patents match
1842 On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer
1844 Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna on this day in history.
1851 William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus on October - 24.
1851 William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on October - 24.
1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on October - 24.
1854 On this day in history hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)
1856 Constitution of South Australia adopted on October - 24.
1857 World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England on October - 24.
1857 World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England on this day in history.
1860 Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 on October - 24.
1861 First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express on this day in history.
1861 First transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States on this day in history.
1861 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) on this day in history.
1863 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on October - 24.
1864 James Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46 on this day in history.
1867 Franco Leoni, composer on October - 24.
1871 On October - 24 mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese
1875 On this day in history raffaello Carboni, Italian writer
1877 On October - 24 pavel Grigor'yevich, composer
1878 On October - 24 hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram)
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 October - 24.
1882 Dr Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis on October - 24.
1882 Sybil Thorndike, England, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.
1885 On October - 24 johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna
1885 On October - 24 ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)
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