Historical Events In September - 24

1845  On September - 24 the first baseball team is organized  

1848  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle)  

1850  On this day in history papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England  

1852  On this day in history a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated  

1852  Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight on this day in history.  

1853  On September - 24 the first round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)  

1853  On this day in history 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)  

1855  Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 on September - 24.  

1856  On this day in history henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies  

1859  Julius Klengel, cellist/composer on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist  

1862  Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal on September - 24.  

1864  Battle of Pilot Knob MO on this day in history.  

1865  James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF on September - 24.  

1865  On September - 24 frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81  

1869  Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold on September - 24.  

1869  On this day in history the Black Friday Wall Street panic occurs when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market.  

1870  Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) on September - 24.  

1872  On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna  

1875  On this day in history william Walker, composer, dies at 66  

1877  On September - 24 battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion  

1881  On September - 24 henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch  

1881  On September - 24 luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74  

1883  On this day in history national black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky  

1884  Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1885  On September - 24 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar  

1885  Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) on this day in history.  

1886  James Burke, NYC, actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy) on this day in history.  

1889  Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder on September - 24.  

1890  Pres of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned on September - 24.  

1890  On September - 24 alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen)  

1892  On September - 24 sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Wandering Jew)  

1892  Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69 on September - 24.  

1893  Julia Faye, Richmond VA, actress (10 Commandments, Samson & Delilah) on September - 24.  

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0015  On September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)  

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 September - 24.  

1513  On September - 24 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  On September - 24 birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general  

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  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 September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)  

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

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on this day in history.  

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