Page 2: Historical Events In September - 24

1688  France declares war on German on this day in history.   

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 September - 24 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn   

1739  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II on September - 24.   

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to the public on September - 24.   

1742  Faneuil Hall opens to public on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer   

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

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

1789  On September - 24 congress creates the Post Office   

1789  Congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General & Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1789  The U.S. Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General on September - 24.   

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 this day in history truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891   

1825  On this day in history frances E W Harper, famous African   

1827  Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on September - 24.   

1829  Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople on September - 24.   

1829  On September - 24 james St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1833  On September - 24 henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1834  A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies on September - 24.   

1838  On this day in history anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

1841  Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei on September - 24.   

1841  On September - 24 britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah)   

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0015  On this day in history birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  On this day in history birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  On September - 24 birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

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 this day in history.   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On September - 24 birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on September - 24.   

0366  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

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

0786  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on this day in history.   

0911  On this day in history ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on September - 24.   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on this day in history.   

1120  On September - 24 death of welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)   

1143  On September - 24 innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies