Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

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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0015  Vitellius: Roman emperor   

1301  Ralph stafford: 1st earl of stafford, english soldier   

1501  Girolamo cardano: Italy, mathematician/astrologer (ars magna-1545)   

1513  Catherine of saxe-lauenburg: Queen of sweden   

1534  Guru ram das: Fourth sikh guru   

1564  William adams: British navigator   

1583  Albrecht eusebius wenzel von wallenstein: German general   

1625  Johan de witt: Statesman/advisor of holland   

0366  Death of Liberius: Italian pope (352-66),   

0768  Death of Pippin iii: The short, king of france,   

0786  Al-hadi: Arabic kalief of islam (185-86),   

0911  Death of Ludwig iii: The child, last carolingian german king (899-911),   

1054  Hermannus contractus: Scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  Death of Robert of knaresborough: Hermit (b. 1160)   

1120  Death of Welf ii: Duke of bavaria (b. 1072)   

1143  Innocent ii: [gregorio de' papareschi], ital pope (1130-43),