Births on September 24

Jaan Teemant

Born on September 24, 1872

Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)

Jaan Teemant (24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1872, in Illuste (now Paatsalu), Vigala Parish, Kreis Wiek (in present-day Pärnu County) – 1941? (date unknown)) was an Estonian lawyer and politician.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on September 24

Jaan Teemant

Born on September 24, 1872

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback