Births on February 24

Arrigo Boito

Born on February 24, 1842

Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)

Arrigo Boito (Italian: [arˈriːɡo ˈbɔito]; 24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918) (whose original name was Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito and who wrote essays under the anagrammatic pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, librettist and composer, best known today for his libretti, especially those for Giuseppe Verdi's last two monumental operas Otello and Falstaff (not to mention Amilcare Ponchielli's operatic masterpiece La Gioconda) and his own opera Mefistofele. Along with Emilio Praga and his own brother Camillo Boito, he is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of the Scapigliatura artistic movement.

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Events on 1842

13 Jan

1842 retreat from Kabul
Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
9 Mar

Rancho San Francisco
The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
30 Mar

Crawford Long
Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
14 Aug

Seminole Wars
American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
7 Dec

Ureli Corelli Hill
First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

Births on February 24

Arrigo Boito

Born on February 24, 1842

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Events on 1842

1842 retreat from Kabul

Rancho San Francisco

Crawford Long

Seminole Wars

Ureli Corelli Hill