Page 3: Historical Events In May - 24

1829  Pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate on this day in history.   

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  The first passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland) on May - 24.   

1830  On May - 24 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  On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer   

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.   

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 this day in history charles Napier Henry, painter   

1844  On this day in history samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"   

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  William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.   

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

1846  Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War on this day in history.   

1850  Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter on May - 24.   

1850  On May - 24 jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

1851  On May - 24 stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1852  Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician on this day in history.   

1854  On May - 24 anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston   

1854  Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, first Black college in US forms by Prebyts on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I)   

1855  On this day in history arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright   

1856  Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas on this day in history.   

1858  On May - 24 johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)   

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 May - 24.   

1861  Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 on May - 24.   

1862  On May - 24 westminster Bridge across Thames opens   

1862  On May - 24 beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

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

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48