Page 4: Historical Events In September - 28
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1863 Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908) 

1864 -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights) 

1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch). 

1867 Toronto is recorded as becoming the capital of Ontario. 

1867 Toronto is recorded as becoming capital of Ontario 

1868 Battle of Alcolea, leads to Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France 

1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) 

1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40. 

1869 Libri, mathematician, dies. 

1871 Pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44). 

1872 Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway) 

1873 Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school). 

1873 Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37. 

1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet, dies at 58 [OS] 

1877 Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona) 

1879 Sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route. 

1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route 

1879 Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery) 

1879 Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered. 

1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT) 

1881 Henry Geehl, composer. 

1882 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher 

1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies. 

1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905) 

1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, results in the deaths of about 1.5 million. 

1887 Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) 

1888 Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond) 

1889 Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908). 

1889 Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal 

1891 Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72 

1892 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa) 

1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 

1893 Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma 

1894 Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester. 

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