Page 2: Historical Events In July - 24

1783  Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule on July - 24.   

1793  On this day in history france passes 1st copyright law   

1796  On July - 24 herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1798  On July - 24 john Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1799  William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York on July - 24.   

1802  On this day in history the birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers'   

1802  Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers) on July - 24.   

1803  On this day in history alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)   

1809  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1813  On July - 24 sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to blow up British warship Plantagenet with a torpedo near Cape Henry, Virginia.   

1815  Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810] on July - 24.   

1817  On July - 24 adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

1818  Felix Godefroid, composer on July - 24.   

1819  On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1823  Slavery is abolished in Chile on this day in history.   

1824  Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson on July - 24.   

1824  On this day in history world's first opinion poll held in the United States   

1824  On July - 24 harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson   

1826  Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) on this day in history.   

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on July - 24.   

1832  On this day in history benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.   

1832  On this day in history johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist   

1833  HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay on this day in history.   

1837  Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on July - 24.   

1841  On July - 24 raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter   

1842  Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) on this day in history.   

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1847  Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT on July - 24.   

1847  On July - 24 rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC   

1851  On this day in history window tax abolished in Britain   

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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on July - 24.   

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On July - 24 birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on July - 24.   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.   

1757  On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.   

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on July - 24.   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday