February 24 All Events |
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| February 24th, 2008 (February 24 2008) | Event | Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
| February 24th, 2008 (February 24 2008) | Death | Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (born in 1947) | |
| February 24th, 2007 (February 24 2007) | Death | Bruce Bennett, American actor (born in 1906) | |
| February 24th, 2007 (February 24 2007) | Death | Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (born in 1932) | |
| February 24th, 2007 (February 24 2007) | Death | Lamar Lundy, American football player (born in 1935) | |
| February 24th, 2007 (February 24 2007) | Death | Damien Nash, American football player (born in 1982) | |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Event | Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. | |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Death | Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (born in 1947) | |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Death | Don Knotts, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Death | John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (born in 1947) | John Martin Quotes |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Death | Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (born in 1925) | |
| February 24th, 2006 (February 24 2006) | Death | Dennis Weaver, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| February 24th, 2004 (February 24 2004) | Death | John Randolph, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| February 24th, 2003 (February 24 2003) | Death | John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (born in 1912) | |
| February 24th, 2003 (February 24 2003) | Death | Bernard Loiseau, French chef (born in 1951) | |
| February 24th, 2002 (February 24 2002) | Death | Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (born in 1932) | |
| February 24th, 2002 (February 24 2002) | Death | Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (born in 1912) | |
| February 24th, 2001 (February 24 2001) | Death | Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (born in 1916) | |
| February 24th, 1999 (February 24 1999) | Event | The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany s legal action to attempt to save him. | |
| February 24th, 1999 (February 24 1999) | Event | A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People s Republic of China, killing 61. | |
| February 24th, 1999 (February 24 1999) | Death | Andre Dubus, American writer (born in 1936) | |
| February 24th, 1999 (February 24 1999) | Death | Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (born in 1916) | |
| February 24th, 1998 (February 24 1998) | Death | Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (born in 1921) | |
| February 24th, 1998 (February 24 1998) | Death | Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (born in 1906) | Henny Youngman Quotes |
| February 24th, 1996 (February 24 1996) | Event | The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| February 24th, 1995 (February 24 1995) | Event | The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. | |
| February 24th, 1994 (February 24 1994) | Death | Jean Sablon, French singer (born in 1906) | |
| February 24th, 1994 (February 24 1994) | Death | Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born in 1916) | |
| February 24th, 1993 (February 24 1993) | Death | Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (born in 1917) | |
| February 24th, 1993 (February 24 1993) | Death | Bobby Moore, English footballer (born in 1941) | |
| February 24th, 1991 (February 24 1991) | Death | John Daly, South African game show host (born in 1914) | |
| February 24th, 1991 (February 24 1991) | Death | George Gobel, American comedian (born in 1919) | |
| February 24th, 1991 (February 24 1991) | Death | Webb Pierce, American music singer (born in 1921) | |
| February 24th, 1990 (February 24 1990) | Death | Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born in 1945) | |
| February 24th, 1990 (February 24 1990) | Death | Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (born in 1917) | Malcolm Forbes Quotes |
| February 24th, 1990 (February 24 1990) | Death | Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (born in 1896) | |
| February 24th, 1990 (February 24 1990) | Death | Johnnie Ray, American singer (born in 1927) | |
| February 24th, 1989 (February 24 1989) | Event | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. | Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes |
| February 24th, 1989 (February 24 1989) | Event | United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section. | |
| February 24th, 1989 (February 24 1989) | Birth | Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player | |
| February 24th, 1989 (February 24 1989) | Death | Sparky Adams, American baseball player (born in 1894) | |
| February 24th, 1987 (February 24 1987) | Birth | Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur | |
| February 24th, 1987 (February 24 1987) | Birth | Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model | |
| February 24th, 1987 (February 24 1987) | Birth | Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress | |
| February 24th, 1987 (February 24 1987) | Death | Jim Connors, Legendary Radio personality (born in 1940) | |
| February 24th, 1986 (February 24 1986) | Birth | Wojtek Wolski, Polish Ice hockey player | |
| February 24th, 1986 (February 24 1986) | Death | Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (born in 1904) | Tommy Douglas Quotes |
| February 24th, 1984 (February 24 1984) | Birth | Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver | |
| February 24th, 1984 (February 24 1984) | Birth | Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler | |
| February 24th, 1984 (February 24 1984) | Death | Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (born in 1912) | |
| February 24th, 1983 (February 24 1983) | Event | A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. | |
| February 24th, 1982 (February 24 1982) | Birth | Nick Blackburn, American baseball player | |
| February 24th, 1982 (February 24 1982) | Birth | Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer | |
| February 24th, 1982 (February 24 1982) | Birth | Klara Zakopalova, Czech tennis player | |
| February 24th, 1982 (February 24 1982) | Death | Virginia Bruce, America actress and singer (born in 1910) | |
| February 24th, 1981 (February 24 1981) | Event | Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. | |
| February 24th, 1981 (February 24 1981) | Event | An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city. | |
| February 24th, 1981 (February 24 1981) | Birth | Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player | |
| February 24th, 1981 (February 24 1981) | Birth | Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer | |
| February 24th, 1980 (February 24 1980) | Birth | Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (died in 2003) | |
| February 24th, 1980 (February 24 1980) | Birth | Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| February 24th, 1980 (February 24 1980) | Birth | Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer | |
| February 24th, 1978 (February 24 1978) | Birth | Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) | |
| February 24th, 1978 (February 24 1978) | Birth | John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run) | |
| February 24th, 1977 (February 24 1977) | Birth | Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer | |
| February 24th, 1977 (February 24 1977) | Birth | Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer | |
| February 24th, 1977 (February 24 1977) | Birth | Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Event | Cuba : national Constitution proclaimed. | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio,Heavens) | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Crista Flanagan, American television comedian | |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Zach Johnson, professional golfer | Zach Johnson Quotes |
| February 24th, 1976 (February 24 1976) | Birth | Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (died in 1995) | |
| February 24th, 1975 (February 24 1975) | Birth | Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler | |
| February 24th, 1975 (February 24 1975) | Birth | Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller | |
| February 24th, 1975 (February 24 1975) | Death | Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (born in 1895) | |
| February 24th, 1974 (February 24 1974) | Birth | Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes) | |
| February 24th, 1974 (February 24 1974) | Birth | Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer | |
| February 24th, 1974 (February 24 1974) | Birth | Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| February 24th, 1974 (February 24 1974) | Birth | Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer | |
| February 24th, 1973 (February 24 1973) | Birth | Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot) | |
| February 24th, 1973 (February 24 1973) | Birth | Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast | |
| February 24th, 1973 (February 24 1973) | Birth | Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player | |
| February 24th, 1973 (February 24 1973) | Birth | Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player | |
| February 24th, 1972 (February 24 1972) | Birth | Manon Rheaume, Canadian female ice hockey player | |
| February 24th, 1971 (February 24 1971) | Event | The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, was killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar appointed as the new chairman. | |
| February 24th, 1971 (February 24 1971) | Birth | Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver | |
| February 24th, 1971 (February 24 1971) | Birth | Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 24th, 1970 (February 24 1970) | Event | National Public Radio is founded in the United States. | |
| February 24th, 1970 (February 24 1970) | Birth | Jeff Garcia, American football player | |
| February 24th, 1970 (February 24 1970) | Birth | Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor | |
| February 24th, 1970 (February 24 1970) | Birth | Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets | |
| February 24th, 1970 (February 24 1970) | Death | Conrad Nagel, American actor (born in 1897) | |
| February 24th, 1968 (February 24 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hue. | |
| February 24th, 1968 (February 24 1968) | Birth | Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (died in 2005) | Mitch Hedberg Quotes |
| February 24th, 1966 (February 24 1966) | Birth | Billy Zane, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1966 (February 24 1966) | Birth | Rene Arocha, Cuban baseball player | |
| February 24th, 1965 (February 24 1965) | Birth | Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer | |
| February 24th, 1965 (February 24 1965) | Birth | Jane Swift, former acting Governor of Massachusetts | |
| February 24th, 1964 (February 24 1964) | Birth | Andy Crane, British children s television presenter | |
| February 24th, 1964 (February 24 1964) | Birth | Todd Field, American actor and film director | |
| February 24th, 1964 (February 24 1964) | Birth | Bill Bailey, British comedian | |
| February 24th, 1964 (February 24 1964) | Birth | Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver | |
| February 24th, 1963 (February 24 1963) | Birth | Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 24th, 1962 (February 24 1962) | Birth | Michelle Shocked, American musician | |
| February 24th, 1962 (February 24 1962) | Birth | Teri Weigel, American pornography actress | |
| February 24th, 1962 (February 24 1962) | Birth | Outi Maenpaa, Finnish actress | |
| February 24th, 1959 (February 24 1959) | Birth | Beth Broderick, American actress | |
| February 24th, 1958 (February 24 1958) | Birth | Sammy Kershaw, American musician | |
| February 24th, 1958 (February 24 1958) | Birth | Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer | |
| February 24th, 1956 (February 24 1956) | Birth | Paula Zahn, American journalist | |
| February 24th, 1956 (February 24 1956) | Birth | Judith Butler, American philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| February 24th, 1956 (February 24 1956) | Birth | Eddie Murray, American baseball player | Al Murray Quotes |
| February 24th, 1955 (February 24 1955) | Birth | Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer | Steve Jobs Quotes |
| February 24th, 1955 (February 24 1955) | Birth | Alain Prost, French race car driver and four-time F1 world champion | |
| February 24th, 1953 (February 24 1953) | Death | Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (born in 1875) | Gerd von Rundstedt Quotes |
| February 24th, 1951 (February 24 1951) | Birth | Tony Holiday, German singer (died in 1990) | |
| February 24th, 1951 (February 24 1951) | Birth | Debra Jo Rupp, American actress | |
| February 24th, 1951 (February 24 1951) | Birth | Helen Shaver, Canadian actress | |
| February 24th, 1950 (February 24 1950) | Birth | George Thorogood, American Singer and Guitarist | |
| February 24th, 1948 (February 24 1948) | Birth | J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician | |
| February 24th, 1948 (February 24 1948) | Birth | Walter Smith, Scottish football manager | |
| February 24th, 1948 (February 24 1948) | Birth | Tim Staffell, English singer | |
| February 24th, 1948 (February 24 1948) | Birth | Dennis Waterman, British actor | |
| February 24th, 1947 (February 24 1947) | Birth | Rupert Holmes, English musician | |
| February 24th, 1947 (February 24 1947) | Birth | Edward James Olmos, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1946 (February 24 1946) | Birth | Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician | |
| February 24th, 1946 (February 24 1946) | Birth | John Stapleton, English television presenter | |
| February 24th, 1945 (February 24 1945) | Event | Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. | |
| February 24th, 1945 (February 24 1945) | Birth | Barry Bostwick, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1944 (February 24 1944) | Birth | Nicky Hopkins, British musician (died in 1994) | |
| February 24th, 1943 (February 24 1943) | Birth | Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer | |
| February 24th, 1943 (February 24 1943) | Birth | Terry Semel, American business executive | |
| February 24th, 1943 (February 24 1943) | Birth | Pablo Milanes, Cuban musician | |
| February 24th, 1942 (February 24 1942) | Event | The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day. | |
| February 24th, 1942 (February 24 1942) | Birth | Joe Lieberman, American politician | |
| February 24th, 1942 (February 24 1942) | Birth | Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann) | |
| February 24th, 1942 (February 24 1942) | Birth | Colin Bond, Australian racing driver | |
| February 24th, 1941 (February 24 1941) | Birth | Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress | |
| February 24th, 1940 (February 24 1940) | Birth | Pete Duel, American actor (died in 1971) | |
| February 24th, 1940 (February 24 1940) | Birth | Denis Law, Scottish footballer | |
| February 24th, 1938 (February 24 1938) | Event | A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to | |
| February 24th, 1938 (February 24 1938) | Birth | James Farentino, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1938 (February 24 1938) | Birth | Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer | |
| February 24th, 1938 (February 24 1938) | Birth | Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend | |
| February 24th, 1934 (February 24 1934) | Birth | Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (died in 2000) | |
| February 24th, 1934 (February 24 1934) | Birth | Renata Scotto, Italian soprano | |
| February 24th, 1934 (February 24 1934) | Birth | Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress | |
| February 24th, 1933 (February 24 1933) | Birth | Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher | |
| February 24th, 1932 (February 24 1932) | Birth | Michel Legrand, French composer | |
| February 24th, 1932 (February 24 1932) | Birth | John Vernon, Canadian actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 24th, 1931 (February 24 1931) | Birth | Dominic Chianese, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1929 (February 24 1929) | Death | Andre Messager, French composer and conductor (born in 1853) | |
| February 24th, 1928 (February 24 1928) | Birth | Barbara Lawrence, American actress | |
| February 24th, 1927 (February 24 1927) | Birth | Emmanuelle Riva, French actress | |
| February 24th, 1926 (February 24 1926) | Birth | Jean Alexander, English actress | |
| February 24th, 1926 (February 24 1926) | Birth | John Gunther Dean, American diplomat | John Dean Quotes |
| February 24th, 1925 (February 24 1925) | Event | A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York. | |
| February 24th, 1925 (February 24 1925) | Death | Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1860) | |
| February 24th, 1923 (February 24 1923) | Birth | David Soyer, American cellist | |
| February 24th, 1922 (February 24 1922) | Birth | Richard Hamilton, English painter | |
| February 24th, 1922 (February 24 1922) | Birth | Steven Hill, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1921 (February 24 1921) | Birth | Abe Vigoda, American actor | |
| February 24th, 1921 (February 24 1921) | Birth | Douglass Watson, American actor (died in 1989) | |
| February 24th, 1920 (February 24 1920) | Event | The Nazi Party is founded. | |
| February 24th, 1919 (February 24 1919) | Birth | Arpad Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (died in 2004) | |
| February 24th, 1919 (February 24 1919) | Birth | Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (died in 1998) | |
| February 24th, 1918 (February 24 1918) | Event | Estonian Declaration of Independence. | |
| February 24th, 1917 (February 24 1917) | Event | World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States. | |
| February 24th, 1914 (February 24 1914) | Birth | Zachary Scott, American actor (died in 1965) | |
| February 24th, 1914 (February 24 1914) | Birth | Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (died in 2005) | |
| February 24th, 1914 (February 24 1914) | Death | Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg | |
| February 24th, 1909 (February 24 1909) | Event | The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded. | |
| February 24th, 1909 (February 24 1909) | Birth | August Derleth, American writer (died in 1971) | |
| February 24th, 1899 (February 24 1899) | Event | Western Washington University is established. | |
| February 24th, 1898 (February 24 1898) | Birth | Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (died in 1983) | |
| February 24th, 1895 (February 24 1895) | Event | Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, which ended with the Spanish-American War in 1898. | |
| February 24th, 1893 (February 24 1893) | Event | The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America. | |
| February 24th, 1890 (February 24 1890) | Birth | Marjorie Main, American actress (died in 1975) | |
| February 24th, 1885 (February 24 1885) | Birth | Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (died in 1966) | |
| February 24th, 1885 (February 24 1885) | Birth | Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (died in 1939) | |
| February 24th, 1881 (February 24 1881) | Event | China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. | |
| February 24th, 1877 (February 24 1877) | Birth | Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (died in 1936) | |
| February 24th, 1876 (February 24 1876) | Death | Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (born in 1809) | |
| February 24th, 1875 (February 24 1875) | Event | The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast with the loss of approximately 102 lives. | |
| February 24th, 1874 (February 24 1874) | Birth | Honus Wagner, American baseball player (died in 1955) | |
| February 24th, 1868 (February 24 1868) | Event | The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
| February 24th, 1868 (February 24 1868) | Event | Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate. | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| February 24th, 1866 (February 24 1866) | Birth | Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (died in 1912) | Bede Quotes |
| February 24th, 1863 (February 24 1863) | Event | Arizona is organized as a United States territory. | |
| February 24th, 1856 (February 24 1856) | Death | Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (born in 1792) | |
| February 24th, 1852 (February 24 1852) | Birth | George Moore, Irish writer (died in 1933) | |
| February 24th, 1848 (February 24 1848) | Event | King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. | |
| February 24th, 1848 (February 24 1848) | Birth | Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (died in 1907) | |
| February 24th, 1846 (February 24 1846) | Birth | Luigi Denza, Italian composer (died in 1922) | |
| February 24th, 1842 (February 24 1842) | Birth | Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (died in 1918) | |
| February 24th, 1839 (February 24 1839) | Event | William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel. | |
| February 24th, 1836 (February 24 1836) | Birth | Winslow Homer, American artist (died in 1910) | Winslow Homer Quotes |
| February 24th, 1831 (February 24 1831) | Event | The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimedied in The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. | |
| February 24th, 1831 (February 24 1831) | Birth | Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1899) | |
| February 24th, 1826 (February 24 1826) | Event | The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. | |
| February 24th, 1825 (February 24 1825) | Death | Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (born in 1754) | |
| February 24th, 1815 (February 24 1815) | Death | Robert Fulton, American inventor (born in 1765) | |
| February 24th, 1812 (February 24 1812) | Death | Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (born in 1775) | |
| February 24th, 1810 (February 24 1810) | Death | Henry Cavendish, English scientist (born in 1756) | |
| February 24th, 1804 (February 24 1804) | Event | London s Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. | Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes |
| February 24th, 1803 (February 24 1803) | Event | The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review. | |
| February 24th, 1799 (February 24 1799) | Death | Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (born in 1742) | Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes |
| February 24th, 1786 (February 24 1786) | Birth | Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (died in 1869) | |
| February 24th, 1786 (February 24 1786) | Birth | Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (died in 1859) | Philo Quotes |
| February 24th, 1781 (February 24 1781) | Death | Edward Capell, English critic (born in 1713) | |
| February 24th, 1779 (February 24 1779) | Death | Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (born in 1704) | |
| February 24th, 1777 (February 24 1777) | Death | King Joseph I of Portugal (born in 1714) | |
| February 24th, 1774 (February 24 1774) | Birth | Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (died in 1850) | |
| February 24th, 1739 (February 24 1739) | Event | Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. | |
| February 24th, 1732 (February 24 1732) | Death | Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (born in 1675) | |
| February 24th, 1723 (February 24 1723) | Birth | John Burgoyne, British general (died in 1792) | |
| February 24th, 1721 (February 24 1721) | Death | John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (born in 1648) | |
| February 24th, 1714 (February 24 1714) | Death | Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (born in 1637) | |
| February 24th, 1711 (February 24 1711) | Event | The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. | George Frideric Handel Quotes |
| February 24th, 1709 (February 24 1709) | Birth | Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (died in 1782) | |
| February 24th, 1704 (February 24 1704) | Death | Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born in 1643) | |
| February 24th, 1693 (February 24 1693) | Birth | James Quin, English actor (died in 1766) | |
| February 24th, 1685 (February 24 1685) | Death | Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (born in 1629) | |
| February 24th, 1684 (February 24 1684) | Birth | Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (died in 1738) | |
| February 24th, 1674 (February 24 1674) | Death | Matthias Weckmann, German composer (born in 1616) | |
| February 24th, 1666 (February 24 1666) | Death | Nicholas Lanier, English composer (born in 1588) | |
| February 24th, 1622 (February 24 1622) | Birth | Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died in 1665) | Philo Quotes |
| February 24th, 1619 (February 24 1619) | Birth | Charles Le Brun, French artist (died in 1690) | |
| February 24th, 1607 (February 24 1607) | Event | L Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, premieres. | |
| February 24th, 1597 (February 24 1597) | Birth | Vincent Voiture, French poet (died in 1648) | |
| February 24th, 1588 (February 24 1588) | Death | Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist | |
| February 24th, 1582 (February 24 1582) | Event | Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. | |
| February 24th, 1563 (February 24 1563) | Death | Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (born in 1519) | |
| February 24th, 1557 (February 24 1557) | Birth | Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1619) | |
| February 24th, 1545 (February 24 1545) | Birth | Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (died in 1578) | |
| February 24th, 1538 (February 24 1538) | Event | Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zapolya. | |
| February 24th, 1525 (February 24 1525) | Death | Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier | |
| February 24th, 1500 (February 24 1500) | Birth | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1558) | Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Quotes |
| February 24th, 1463 (February 24 1463) | Birth | Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (died in 1494) | |
| February 24th, 1387 (February 24 1387) | Event | King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. | |
| February 24th, 1304 (February 24 1304) | Birth | Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (died in 1368) ? | |
| February 24th, 1103 (February 24 1103) | Birth | Emperor Toba of Japan (died in 1156) | |
| February 24th, 0616 (February 24 0616) | Death | King Ethelbert of Kent | |
| February 24th, 0303 (February 24 0303) | Event | Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. | |
