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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1739 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer 
1746 Georg Anton Kreusser, composer
1760 August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal
1762 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs
1771 Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies.
1775 US Navy established
1775 US Navy forms.
1775 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer
1776 A Danish fort in the Virgin Islands is recorded as becoming the inaugural foreign nation to salute the U.S. flag when it recognizes a U.S. schooner.
1781 Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66.
1782 Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violinist is born
1782 Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca).
1787 Federalist letters start appearing in NY newspapers.
1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi
1796 Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45
1800 Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC (Union), died in 1878
1806 Napoleon occupies Berlin October 27 and proclaims a paper blockade of Britain November 21.
1806 The French Army enters in Berlin
1809 Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname.
1810 US annexes West Florida from Spain.
1811 Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)
1817 Antoni Katski, composer.
1822 Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55.
1828 Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900.
1829 The inaugural U.S. patent for a baby carriage is issued.
1829 Christopher Columbus Andres, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1833 Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66.
1838 Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
1842 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)
1844 Klas Arnoldson, Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908).
1848 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46
1856 The Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The inaugural through train, consisting of 3 inaugural class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07 00 from Montreal and 07 30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch
1856 The Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows: Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The inaugural through train, consisting of 3 inaugural class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07:00 from Montreal and 07:30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch.
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