Page 3: Historical Events In September - 04
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1862 Gen Lee invades North with 50000 Confederate troops 

1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama 

1866 The inaugural Hawaiian daily newspaper published. 

1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 

1869 Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer (Frision Movement) 

1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 

1870 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied) 

1872 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre. 

1874 Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach 

1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo) 

1882 The inaugural district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station). 

1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 

1884 Britain ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia 

1885 The inaugural buffet in the US opens in New York City 

1885 The inaugural cafeteria opens (NYC) 

1885 1st cafeteria opens (NYC). 

1886 Geronimo is captured, ending last major US-Indian war 

1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war. 

1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a US patent for his camera that uses roll film. 

1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers "Kodak". 

1888 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor 

1892 Darius Milhaud, French composer and pianist is born 

1892 Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien). 

1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit. 

1893 Henry Schultz, US, farm commune leader 

1894 In NYC, 12000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 

1895 Nigel Bruce, British/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 

1896 Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea) 

1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska. 

1900 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder 

1901 Paul Osborn, playwright (Mornings at 7). 

1902 Lorna Johnstone, England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968). 

1903 Herman Zumpe, composer, dies at 53. 

1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet 

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