Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1688 France declares war on German 

1706 Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen. 

1717 Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto). 

1732 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn. 

1739 Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II 

1742 Faneuil Hall opens to the public 

1742 Faneuil Hall opens to public 

1748 Philipp Meissner, composer 

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

1755 Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45. 

1762 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) 

1773 Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer. 

1776 1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster. 

1780 Benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point. 

1789 Congress creates the Post Office 

1789 Congress' inaugural Judiciary Act, Attorney General and Supreme Court. 

1789 The U.S. Congress passes the inaugural Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General 

1789 Congress creates Post Office. 

1790 John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies 

1806 George Alexander Osborne, composer 

1813 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72 

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

1817 Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras). 

1821 Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) 

1824 Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891. 

1825 Frances E W Harper, famous African. 

1827 Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 

1829 Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople. 

1829 James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 

1833 Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1834 A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies. 

1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 

1841 Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei. 

1841 Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah). 

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