Historical Events In October - 23

1773  Pietro Generali, composer on October - 23.   

1775  On this day in history continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

1782  On October - 23 joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73   

1788  Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)   

1794  Joseph Panny, composer on October - 23.   

1797  On this day in history john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

1799  William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on October - 23.   

1801  On this day in history gustav Albert Lortzing, composer   

1801  Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

1805  Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer) on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1810  [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune) on October - 23.   

1812  On this day in history failed coup against emperor Napoleon   

1813  The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)   

1819  On October - 23 isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  On this day in history james Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  1st steam locomotive is introduced on this day in history.   

1824  Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

1828  On October - 23 turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1835  On October - 23 adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97)   

1844  Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis on October - 23.   

1846  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on October - 23.   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On October - 23 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

1853  On this day in history maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens   

1854  On this day in history the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

1864  On this day in history battle of Westport, Missouri   

1864  On this day in history union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price   

1867  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate on October - 23.   

1868  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on this day in history.   

1869  Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on October - 23.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  On this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On October - 23 birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.   

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)