Page 2: Historical Events In October - 24

1808  On this day in history ernst Friedrich Richter, composer   

1811  On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow on this day in history.   

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

1818  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin)   

1830  On October - 24 belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court)   

1836  The match is patented (took me a minute think striking a match) on October - 24.   

1836  A Phillips patents match on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer   

1844  On October - 24 karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna   

1851  William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus on October - 24.   

1851  William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on October - 24.   

1852  On this day in history daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70   

1854  Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) on October - 24.   

1856  Constitution of South Australia adopted on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history world's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England   

1860  On this day in history elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80   

1861  On October - 24 first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express   

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

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

1863  Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer on October - 24.   

1864  On October - 24 james Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46   

1867  Franco Leoni, composer on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 24 mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese   

1875  Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer on October - 24.   

1877  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer on this day in history.   

1878  On October - 24 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  Dr Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis on October - 24.   

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

1885  On this day in history johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna   

1885  Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) on this day in history.   

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0051  Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96) was born on this day in history.   

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  Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions) was born on October - 24.   

1675  Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.   

1710  Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773) was born on October - 24.   

1763  Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history birth of sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)   

0996  Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1375  Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on this day in history.   

1521  Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies   

1572  Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51   

1601  Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 on October - 24.   

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