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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 10 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford). 
May 11 In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century
May 12 Johann Czerski, German chaplin
May 15 Stephen Heller, composer.
May 22 Richard Wagner, German operatic composer is born
May 22 Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman)
May 23 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895.
May 23 South American independence leader Simón BolÃvar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
May 27 American joint operations against Fort George, Canada.
May 27 Americans capture Ft George, Canada.
May 31 In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains
Jun 01 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
Jun 01 Captain James Lawrence, commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, coins the phrase "Don't give up the ship," during a losing battle with a British frigate.
Jun 05 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer
Jun 06 Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
Jun 06 Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883
Jun 06 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
Jun 08 David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891.
Jun 18 Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
Jun 21 Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria
Jun 24 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat US forces
Jun 24 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent).
Jun 25 William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862.
Jun 28 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battle
Jul 05 War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
Jul 07 John Macarthur ships 36 bales of wool from New South Wales to England
Jul 07 William Scott Ketchum, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871.
Jul 13 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
Jul 18 U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
Jul 24 Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to blow up British warship Plantagenet with a torpedo near Cape Henry, Virginia
Jul 28 Alberto Mazzucato, composer.
Jul 31 British invade Plattsburgh NY.
Jul 31 British invade Plattsburgh, NY
Aug 01 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60.
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