Historical Events In June - 23

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

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

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

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 June - 23.  

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

1794  On this day in history empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev  

1801  Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

1801  On June - 23 bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58  

1810  John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) on this day in history.  

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 June - 23.  

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 June - 23 ernest Guiraud, composer  

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

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

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

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone on this day in history.  

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

1852  On this day in history stephane Raoul Pugno, composer  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1863  Tullahoma campaign, TN on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1596  On June - 23 birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)  

1612  On June - 23 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 June - 23.  

0758  Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 on June - 23.  

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

1075  Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

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

1139  Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1444  Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies on this day in history.  

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