Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

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

1706  On this day in history treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen   

1717  Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on this day in history.   

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

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

1742  On this day in history faneuil Hall opens to the public   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to public   

1748  On September - 24 philipp Meissner, composer   

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

1755  Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1762  On September - 24 william Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets)   

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

1776  1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster on this day in history.   

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

1789  On September - 24 congress creates the Post Office   

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

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

1789  On September - 24 congress creates Post Office   

1790  On this day in history john Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies   

1806  On September - 24 george Alexander Osborne, composer   

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

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

1817  On September - 24 ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)   

1821  On this day in history cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda)   

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

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

1827  Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on September - 24.   

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

1829  On September - 24 james St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1833  On this day in history henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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  Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei on this day in history.   

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

1513  Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) was born on September - 24.   

1534  On September - 24 birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)   

1564  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  On September - 24 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  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

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 September - 24.   

1118  On September - 24 death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

1120  On this day in history death of welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)   

1143  Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies on September - 24.