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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 25 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium) 
Apr 25 The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots
May 02 David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84
May 03 Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
May 03 The May Uprising in Dresden begins.
May 05 Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
May 06 Wyatt Eaton, artist.
May 10 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89.
May 10 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
May 11 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38.
May 12 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
May 15 Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
May 17 Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri.
May 17 Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO
May 22 Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device.
May 25 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52
May 27 "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
May 27 The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
May 28 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies
May 28 Princess WFLC Marianne and Albrecht of Prussia separate
May 29 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time".
May 29 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln.
May 31 Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"
May 31 Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69.
Jun 02 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme).
Jun 03 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73
Jun 05 Danish National Day-Denmark is recorded as becoming a constitutional monarchy.
Jun 08 Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument).
Jun 09 Joseph Vezina, composer.
Jun 10 Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer, dies at 63.
Jun 12 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky)
Jun 12 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky.
Jun 15 James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53
Jun 21 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels.
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