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01/24/1805
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Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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01/24/1812
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Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/24/1814
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Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector
Type: Birth
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01/24/1814
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Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector
Type: Birth
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01/24/1820
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John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
Type: Birth
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01/24/1828
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Karol Studzinski, composer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1828
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Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist
Type: Birth
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01/24/1828
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Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
Type: Birth
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01/24/1829
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William Mason, composer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1832
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John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
Type: Birth
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01/24/1833
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Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1839
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Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
Type: Event
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01/24/1847
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1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
Type: Event
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01/24/1848
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James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
Type: Event
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01/24/1851
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Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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01/24/1859
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Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1861
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Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens
Type: Event
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01/24/1861
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Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy
Type: Event
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01/24/1862
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Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
Type: Event
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01/24/1862
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Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1862
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James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33
Type: Death
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01/24/1864
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Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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01/24/1864
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Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
Type: Death
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01/24/1874
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Arthur Shomburg, famous African
Type: Birth
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01/24/1874
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Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg
Type: Event
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01/24/1874
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Gen J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die
Type: Event
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01/24/1875
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Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' "Danse Macabre," premieres
Type: Event
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01/24/1880
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Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1883
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Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/24/1883
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Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1884
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Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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01/24/1885
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Martin R Delany, politician and black nationalist, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/24/1888
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Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author (Men Never Know)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1888
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Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1888
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Henry King, US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1891
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Walter Model, German fieldmarshal
Type: Birth
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01/24/1891
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Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor
Type: Birth
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01/24/1892
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battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack Brit missionaries
Type: Event
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01/24/1895
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Hans Fischb”ck, Austria, Finance minister (Nazi-occupied Holland)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1895
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Eugen Roth, writer
Type: Birth
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01/24/1895
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Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
Type: Birth
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01/24/1899
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Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
Type: Event
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01/24/1899
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Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms
Type: Event
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01/24/1900
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Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
Type: Event
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01/24/1900
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Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
Type: Event
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01/24/1901
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Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/24/1901
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1st games played in baseball's American League
Type: Event
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01/24/1901
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Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein
Type: Event
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01/24/1902
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Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
Type: Event
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01/24/1902
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Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist
Type: Birth
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