Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  On this day in history france declares war on German   

1706  Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on this day in history.   

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

1732  21 homosexuality burned in South Horn on this day in history.   

1739  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II on September - 24.   

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

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to public on September - 24.   

1748  On this day in history philipp Meissner, composer   

1755  On September - 24 john Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35)   

1755  Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 on September - 24.   

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

1773  On September - 24 johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1789  Congress creates the Post Office on this day in history.   

1789  Congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court on this day in history.   

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 September - 24 congress creates Post Office   

1790  John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies on September - 24.   

1806  On this day in history george Alexander Osborne, composer   

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

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

1817  On this day in history ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)   

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

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

1825  Frances E W Harper, famous African on September - 24.   

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

1829  Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople on this day in history.   

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

1833  On September - 24 henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1838  On this day in history anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

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

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on September - 24.   

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  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 September - 24.   

1054  On this day in history death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on this day in history.   

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

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