Page 3: Historical Events In September - 14
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1848 Alexander Stewart opens the inaugural US dept store. 

1848 Alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store 

1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904) 

1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office 

1852 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 

1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea. 

1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders. 

1861 Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83. 

1862 Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates. 

1862 Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 

1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937) 

1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl" 

1868 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole). 

1872 Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War 

1872 Britain pays US$15½m for damages during Civil War 

1872 Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 

1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda. 

1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent. 

1880 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes) 

1882 British General Wolseley reaches Cairo 

1882 Harald Fryklof, composer 

1883 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (Die Lade Jahwes). 

1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto) 

1886 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon. 

1886 Typewriter ribbons patented in the United States. 

1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35) 

1886 Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84. 

1887 Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist 

1887 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies 

1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7hours 5 min 

1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M. 

1892 AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo 

1894 Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails. 

1895 Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57. 

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