Historical Events In September - 23

1849  On this day in history mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

1852  On September - 23 william Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school   

1853  Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar on September - 23.   

1854  On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)   

1856  William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess) on September - 23.   

1857  On this day in history russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die   

1861  On September - 23 edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)   

1862  On September - 23 lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers   

1863  On this day in history confederate siege of Chattanooga begins   

1863  Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist (bacteria plague) on September - 23.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Athens VA   

1866  Edouard Combe, composer on September - 23.   

1868  On this day in history grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)   

1870  On September - 23 john Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist   

1871  On September - 23 frantisek Kupka, Czech writer   

1871  Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1873  Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game   

1877  On this day in history hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200   

1877  On September - 23 urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies   

1879  Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia on September - 23.   

1879  Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia on this day in history.   

1880  Jules Ferry forms French govt on September - 23.   

1880  John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.   

1888  Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons) on this day in history.   

1889  Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda on September - 23.   

1889  Walter Lippmann, NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Dystany) on September - 23.   

1889  William W Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies on September - 23.   

1890  Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning on September - 23.   

1890  Arthur Walter Kramer, composer on September - 23.   

1894  On this day in history kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (Edda & Thora)   

1895  On this day in history french labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms   

1896  On this day in history ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83   

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.   

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

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

0965  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47