Page 2: Historical Events In November - 12
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
1790 Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler. 

1793 Jean Sylvain Bailly, the inaugural Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. 

1802 Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62. 

1813 Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth. 

1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years and More). 

1817 Carlo Pedrotti, composer. 

1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens 

1823 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 

1827 Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer. 

1831 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist 

1833 Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable). 

1840 Auguste Rodin, French sculptor is born. 

1840 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) 

1841 John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14). 

1844 Octave Fouque, composer. 

1847 Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the inaugural to use chloroform as an anaesthetic. 

1852 Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22. 

1853 Oskar Panizza, writer 

1858 Alexis Contant, composer. 

1859 Jules Leotard performs inaugural Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name. 

1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name. 

1865 Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas). 

1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC and PRC) (traditional). 

1867 Mt. Vesuvius erupts. 

1869 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies. 

1873 Bay District Race Track opens. 

1880 Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit results in the deaths of 50. 

1885 Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game. 

1886 L G Kortenhorst, politician. 

1889 DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921) 

1892 Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football 

1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, is recorded as becoming inaugural pro football player. 

1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, is recorded as becoming 1st pro football player 

1893 The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

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