THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 24
January 24 in history
What happened on January 24: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 41, 1848 and 1881, each linked to the map that shows it.
The emperor Caligula is assassinated by his own Praetorian Guard, who then find Claudius hiding behind a curtain and make him emperor.
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— California Gold Rush
24 Jan 1848 — James Marshall finds gold in the channel below Sutter’s sawmill, nine days before the peace treaty is signed. California’s non-Native population climbs from about 14,000 to about 100,000 by the end of 1849, and its convention bans slavery that autumn.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Siege of Geok Tepe
12/24 Jan 1881 — General Skobelev storms Dengil-Tepe, the Turkmen fortress at Geok Tepe, after a three-week siege. His own report counts 6,500 dead in the fortress and 8,000, fleeing civilians among them, killed in the pursuit, and no independent count exists. Turkmen remember it as a national tragedy, and this memorial marks its dead.
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