426 Historic Events for February 24
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| 1786 |
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Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India
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| 1793 |
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French troops conquer Breda
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| 1797 |
Birth |
Samuel Lover, composer
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| 1799 |
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Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41
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| 1799 |
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Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56
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| 1803 |
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Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
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| 1806 |
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John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81
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| 1807 |
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17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Albert Sch„ffle, German sociologist (Abriss der Soziologie)
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| 1810 |
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Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church
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| 1812 |
Death |
Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
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| 1815 |
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Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies
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| 1821 |
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Mexico gains independence from Spain
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| 1824 |
Birth |
John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
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| 1825 |
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Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies
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| 1827 |
Birth |
Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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| 1829 |
Death |
Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier (1868..93)
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| 1835 |
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Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag
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| 1836 |
Birth |
Winslow Homer, US, painter (Gulfstream)
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| 1836 |
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3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
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