Historical Events In June - 23

1775  First regatta held on Thames, England on June - 23.  

1775  1st regatta held on Thames, England on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress  

1780  American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township on June - 23.  

1784  First US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren) on this day in history.  

1784  On June - 23 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)  

1794  Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev on this day in history.  

1801  On June - 23 daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1801  On this day in history bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58  

1810  On June - 23 john Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)  

1810  Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina on this day in history.  

1817  On June - 23 otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63  

1818  Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) on June - 23.  

1821  On this day in history dutch troops conquer Palembang  

1822  Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer  

1833  On this day in history nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73  

1837  On this day in history ernest Guiraud, composer  

1838  On June - 23 edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868  

1846  On June - 23 george Sax, inventor (saxophone)  

1848  On this day in history bloody insurrection of workers in Paris  

1848  On June - 23 antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone  

1848  On this day in history antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)  

1852  Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer on June - 23.  

1854  Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use on this day in history.  

1855  On June - 23 maude Valerie White, composer  

1858  William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician on June - 23.  

1859  On this day in history florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)  

1860  Congress establishes the Government Printing Office on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history uS Secret Service created  

1860  Congress establishes Government Printing Office on June - 23.  

1863  On this day in history tullahoma campaign, TN  

1865  On this day in history at Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army  

1865  On June - 23 at Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army  

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1160  Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians) was born on June - 23.  

1433  On this day in history birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)  

1456  Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born on June - 23.  

1534  On this day in history birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)  

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

1596  Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641) was born on June - 23.  

1612  Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet was born on this day in history.  

1612  On June - 23 birth of andré Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)  

0079  Death of Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9) on June - 23.  

0758  Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1018  Death of Henry I of Austria on June - 23.  

1075  Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies on June - 23.  

1137  On this day in history adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies  

1139  On this day in history andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1444  On this day in history marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies  

1555  Death of Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) on this day in history.