Historical Events In May - 24

1829  On May - 24 pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate   

1829  On May - 24 pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate   

1830  On this day in history "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is written   

1830  On this day in history the first passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)   

1830  On this day in history the first U S passenger railroad begins service between Baltimore and Elliott's Mills, Maryland   

1830  "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written on this day in history.   

1831  Richard Hoffman, composer on May - 24.   

1831  On this day in history benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62   

1832  The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history paul Laband, German lawyer   

1840  On May - 24 frederick Walker, painter   

1841  On May - 24 charles Napier Henry, painter   

1844  Samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!" on May - 24.   

1844  The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C ) on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 24 samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)   

1844  On May - 24 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

1846  On this day in history general Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Méxican War   

1846  On May - 24 gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War   

1850  On May - 24 ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter   

1850  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.   

1852  On May - 24 robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician   

1854  Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, Pennsylvania, first Black college in US forms by Prebyts   

1854  Louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I) on this day in history.   

1855  Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright on this day in history.   

1856  Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas on May - 24.   

1858  Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops   

1861  Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" on this day in history.   

1861  Alexandria, VA occupied by Federal troops on this day in history.   

1861  On May - 24 elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23   

1862  On this day in history westminster Bridge across Thames opens   

1862  On this day in history beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48