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 this day in history.   

1717  Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on September - 24.   

1732  On September - 24 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

1739  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to the public   

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to public on September - 24.   

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on September - 24.   

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

1755  On this day in history georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45   

1762  William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) on this day in history.   

1773  Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer on September - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history congress creates Post Office   

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

1806  George Alexander Osborne, composer on September - 24.   

1813  On September - 24 andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72   

1815  On September - 24 john Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70   

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 September - 24.   

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

1827  On this day in history henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1829  On September - 24 russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople   

1829  James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1833  Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on September - 24.   

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

1838  On September - 24 anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

1841  Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei on September - 24.   

1841  Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah) on this day in history.   

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0015  On this day in history birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

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

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  On September - 24 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  On this day in history birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

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 this day in history al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on September - 24.   

1054  On September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

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 September - 24.