Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on September - 24.   

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 September - 24.   

1732  On September - 24 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

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  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to public   

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 September - 24 johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer   

1776  On this day in history 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 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 September - 24.   

1789  On September - 24 congress creates Post Office   

1790  On September - 24 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 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  On September - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1834  On September - 24 a J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies   

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

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

1841  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on this day in history.   

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

0366  On this day in history liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  On September - 24 pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53   

0786  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

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

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

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