Page 2: Historical Events In June - 23

1775  On June - 23 first regatta held on Thames, England   

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

1776  Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress on June - 23.   

1780  On this day in history american Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township.   

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

1784  On this day in history 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)   

1794  On June - 23 empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev   

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 this day in history john Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)   

1810  On this day in history franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina   

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

1818  On June - 23 simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81)   

1821  Dutch troops conquer Palembang on June - 23.   

1822  Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on June - 23.   

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

1833  Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1837  On June - 23 ernest Guiraud, composer   

1838  Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on June - 23.   

1846  On this day in history george Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

1848  On June - 23 bloody insurrection of workers in Paris   

1848  On June - 23 antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone) on this day in history.   

1852  Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer on June - 23.   

1854  Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use on June - 23.   

1855  Maude Valerie White, composer on this day in history.   

1858  William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician on this day in history.   

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

1860  On June - 23 congress establishes the Government Printing Office   

1860  US Secret Service created on this day in history.   

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

1863  Tullahoma campaign, TN on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1456  On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

1534  On June - 23 birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)   

1540  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)   

1612  On this day in history birth of justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet   

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on June - 23.   

0079  Death of Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9) on this day in history.   

0758  On June - 23 ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74   

1018  On this day in history death of henry I of Austria   

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

1137  On June - 23 adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies   

1139  On June - 23 andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  On June - 23 marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies   

1555  On this day in history death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)