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

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

1739  On September - 24 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to the public   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to public   

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on this day in history.   

1755  John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) on this day in history.   

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

1762  On this day in history 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  On this day in history benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point.   

1789  Congress creates the Post Office on September - 24.   

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

1789  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General.   

1789  Congress creates Post Office on this day in history.   

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

1806  George Alexander Osborne, composer on September - 24.   

1813  On this day in history andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72   

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

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

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  James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on September - 24.   

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  Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law on this day in history.   

1841  On September - 24 sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei   

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

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on September - 24.   

1513  On this day in history birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on September - 24.   

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 September - 24 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 September - 24.   

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  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on September - 24.   

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

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 September - 24.