Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on September - 24.   

1706  Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen on September - 24.   

1717  Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

1739  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to the public   

1742  On September - 24 faneuil Hall opens to public   

1748  Philipp Meissner, composer on this day in history.   

1755  John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) on September - 24.   

1755  Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1762  William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) on September - 24.   

1773  Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer on September - 24.   

1776  On this day in history 1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster   

1780  Benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point on September - 24.   

1789  On September - 24 congress creates the Post Office   

1789  On September - 24 congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court   

1789  The U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General on this day in history.   

1789  On September - 24 congress creates Post Office   

1790  On September - 24 john Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies   

1806  On September - 24 george Alexander Osborne, composer   

1813  On this day in history andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72   

1815  John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 on September - 24.   

1817  Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras) on September - 24.   

1821  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) on September - 24.   

1824  On September - 24 truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891   

1825  Frances E W Harper, famous African on this day in history.   

1827  Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople   

1829  James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1834  A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies on this day in history.   

1838  Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law on September - 24.   

1841  On this day in history sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei   

1841  On this day in history britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah)   

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0015  On September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on September - 24.   

1564  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  On this day in history birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  On this day in history birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on September - 24.   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

0786  On this day in history al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on September - 24.   

1054  On September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on September - 24.   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on this day in history.   

1143  On this day in history innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies