Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on September - 24.  

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

1717  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1742  On this day in history faneuil Hall opens to public  

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on September - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1773  On this day in history johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer  

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

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

1789  On this day in history congress creates the Post Office  

1789  Congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court on September - 24.  

1789  The U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General on September - 24.  

1789  Congress creates Post Office on this day in history.  

1790  On September - 24 john Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies  

1806  George Alexander Osborne, composer on September - 24.  

1813  On this day in history andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72  

1815  John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 on September - 24.  

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

1821  On September - 24 cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda)  

1824  Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891 on this day in history.  

1825  Frances E W Harper, famous African on this day in history.  

1827  Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.  

1829  Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople on September - 24.  

1829  On this day in history james St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

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  On September - 24 anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law  

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

1841  On September - 24 britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah)  

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

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.  

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on September - 24.  

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

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on September - 24.  

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on September - 24.  

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

1625  On September - 24 birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland  

0366  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies  

0768  On this day in history pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53  

0786  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on September - 24.  

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on this day in history.  

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on September - 24.  

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

1120  On September - 24 death of welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)  

1143  On September - 24 innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies