Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on this day in history.   

1706  Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on September - 24.   

1717  On September - 24 horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto)   

1732  21 homosexuality burned in South Horn on September - 24.   

1739  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II on this day in history.   

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to the public on September - 24.   

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to public on September - 24.   

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on this day in history.   

1755  John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) on September - 24.   

1755  On September - 24 georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45   

1762  William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) on September - 24.   

1773  Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer on this day in history.   

1776  On September - 24 1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster   

1780  Benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point on September - 24.   

1789  Congress creates the Post Office on September - 24.   

1789  On September - 24 congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court   

1789  The U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General on this day in history.   

1789  Congress creates Post Office on this day in history.   

1790  John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1806  George Alexander Osborne, composer on this day in history.   

1813  Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72 on September - 24.   

1815  John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1817  Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras) on September - 24.   

1821  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891   

1825  On this day in history frances E W Harper, famous African   

1827  On September - 24 henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1829  On this day in history russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople   

1829  James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on September - 24.   

1833  Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1834  A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies on this day in history.   

1838  Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law on September - 24.   

1841  On September - 24 sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei   

1841  Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah) on September - 24.   

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1301  On September - 24 birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  On September - 24 birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

1513  On September - 24 birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  On this day in history birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on this day in history.   

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on this day in history.   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

0786  On September - 24 al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  On this day in history ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on September - 24.   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on September - 24.   

1143  Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies on this day in history.