Historical Events In June - 23

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

1775  1st regatta held on Thames, England on June - 23.  

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

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  On this day in history first US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)  

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

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

1801  On this day in history daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

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

1810  John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) on June - 23.  

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

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  Dutch troops conquer Palembang on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866  

1824  On June - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

1848  Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris on this day in history.  

1848  On June - 23 antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone  

1848  On June - 23 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  On June - 23 william Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician  

1859  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses) on June - 23.  

1860  On June - 23 congress establishes the Government Printing Office  

1860  On June - 23 uS Secret Service created  

1860  On June - 23 congress establishes Government Printing Office  

1863  On June - 23 tullahoma campaign, TN  

1865  At Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army on this day in history.  

1865  At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army on June - 23.  

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1160  On June - 23 birth of johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)  

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

1456  On June - 23 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  Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641) was born on June - 23.  

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

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

0079  On June - 23 death of vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)  

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

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

1075  On this day in history theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies  

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

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

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

1555  Death of Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) on June - 23.