Historical Events In October - 24

1808  Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer on this day in history.   

1811  Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow on October - 24.   

1815  On October - 24 john Edwards, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1818  Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) on this day in history.   

1830  Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court) on October - 24.   

1836  On this day in history the match is patented (took me a minute think striking a match)   

1836  A Phillips patents match on October - 24.   

1842  On October - 24 josef Nesvera, composer   

1844  Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna on October - 24.   

1851  On this day in history william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

1851  William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

1852  Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1854  On October - 24 hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

1856  On this day in history constitution of South Australia adopted   

1857  World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England on October - 24.   

1857  World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England on this day in history.   

1860  On October - 24 elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80   

1861  First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express on this day in history.   

1861  On October - 24 first transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States.   

1861  On October - 24 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC)   

1863  Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on this day in history.   

1864  James Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46 on this day in history.   

1867  Franco Leoni, composer on this day in history.   

1871  Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history raffaello Carboni, Italian writer   

1877  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer on October - 24.   

1878  On this day in history hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram)   

1881  On this day in history levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty   

1881  Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

1882  On October - 24 dr Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis   

1882  Sybil Thorndike, England, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.   

1885  On October - 24 johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna   

1885  Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) on October - 24.   

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0051  On October - 24 birth of domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)   

1378  On October - 24 birth of david Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)   

1607  On October - 24 birth of john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver   

1632  On this day in history birth of antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)   

1675  On this day in history birth of richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)   

1710  On October - 24 birth of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)   

1763  On this day in history birth of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)   

1788  On October - 24 birth of sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)   

0996  On October - 24 hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58   

1375  Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on October - 24.   

1521  Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.   

1537  Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on this day in history.   

1572  On October - 24 death of edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508)   

1579  On October - 24 albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51   

1601  On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54   

1649  Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on this day in history.