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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 14 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70758 to 27228. 
Apr 16 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
Apr 16 Louisiana voters approve new constitution.
Apr 17 Charles R Gallas, Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary)
Apr 18 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #98 Ianthe.
Apr 18 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriciate)
Apr 18 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
Apr 19 Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag).
Apr 21 Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
Apr 22 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
Apr 26 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
May 03 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
May 06 Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924).
May 09 Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
May 09 Anton Bruckner's inaugural Symphony in C, premieres.
May 12 Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
May 13 Paolo Gallico, composer.
May 14 Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of NikkÅ.
May 15 Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls.
May 15 Dutch Govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls.
May 16 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague.
May 16 President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment, by 1 vote.
May 16 The U S Senate falls one vote short of convicting President Andrew Johnson of one of the 11 articles of impeachment against him
May 18 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia (1894-1917).
May 20 Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant.
May 22 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98000 in cash.
May 22 Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies.
May 22 The Great Train Robbery occurs near Marshfield, Indiana as seven members of the Reno gang make off with a bounty of $96000.
May 25 Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen.
May 25 Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs Surrey Gentlemen.
May 26 Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution.
May 26 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
May 26 The impeachment trial of U S President Andrew Johnson ends in acquittal on all remaining charges, since the Senate again falls one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction.
May 28 Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue).
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