Historical Events In September - 23

1778  On this day in history balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83   

1779  On this day in history john Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'   

1779  John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history british MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY   

1780  Brit Maj John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history john Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29   

1782  On this day in history jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer   

1791  On September - 23 johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet)   

1795  Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57   

1800  On this day in history william H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers)   

1803  The Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, first marquis Wellesley on this day in history.   

1803  On September - 23 battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army   

1804  David Van de Kellen, coin engraver on this day in history.   

1805  Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist on this day in history.   

1806  The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration on this day in history.   

1806  Lewis & Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest on this day in history.   

1816  On September - 23 elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887   

1817  On September - 23 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer   

1818  On this day in history border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed.   

1820  On September - 23 thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  On September - 23 fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks.   

1830  On September - 23 dutch troops occupy Brussels   

1835  HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago on this day in history.   

1835  On September - 23 vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33   

1837  On September - 23 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

1838  Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer on September - 23.   

1842  Karl Munzinger, composer on September - 23.   

1845  First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code on this day in history.   

1845  1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code on September - 23.   

1846  On September - 23 johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune   

1846  On this day in history neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle   

1846  Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune on this day in history.   

1847  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) on September - 23.   

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on September - 23.   

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

0775  On this day in history constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.   

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47