Page 2: Historical Events In September - 27
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1729 Michael Dennis, jesuit/author. 

1776 Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress (General Moreau and Marshal Ney) 

1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British. 

1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [NS=Oct 6] 

1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain. 

1783 Agustin I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23) 

1784 Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38. 

1786 Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer 

1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification. 

1787 Constitution submitted to states for ratification 

1792 George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist is born. 

1792 George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist) 

1794 French troops conquer Crèvecoeur. 

1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865 

1808 Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79. 

1809 Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1877. 

1817 Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville NC, 1st black US senator 

1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence. 

1821 Mexican independence 

1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw 

1821 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Grains de Mil). 

1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curacaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39. 

1822 Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone 

1824 William Nelson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 

1825 Railroad transportation is born with inaugural track in England 

1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington). 

1826 The inaugural ever passenger railway opens in the UK, The Stockton and Darlington. 

1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed. 

1830 William Babcock Hazen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 

1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91. 

1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe. 

1834 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso 

1835 John Murray Corse, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893 [or 4/27]. 

1838 Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83) 

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