Historical Events In October - 01

1684  On this day in history pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42  

1685  On October - 01 charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain (1711-40)  

1688  Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy on October - 01.  

1704  Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1705  Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rákóczi becomes king on this day in history.  

1708  On October - 01 john Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59  

1724  Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer on this day in history.  

1730  On October - 01 richard Stockton, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)  

1735  Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer on October - 01.  

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France on October - 01.  

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1760  On October - 01 william Beckford, British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek)  

1768  English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston on October - 01.  

1768  On this day in history robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80  

1770  Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799) on this day in history.  

1770  On October - 01 louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64  

1771  Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer on October - 01.  

1781  On this day in history james Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")  

1787  Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn on this day in history.  

1791  The first session of the new French legislative assembly on this day in history.  

1791  On October - 01 1st session of new French legislative assembly  

1791  On this day in history sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family)  

1795  On this day in history france annexes Southern Netherlands  

1795  Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

1799  On October - 01 rufus Choate, US, lawyer (Hall of Fame)  

1800  Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history u.S. Schooner Experiment captures French Schooner Diana.  

1801  England & France signs Preliminary of London on October - 01.  

1808  On October - 01 fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer  

1814  On this day in history opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.  

1814  On October - 01 jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies  

1820  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer on October - 01.  

1827  On this day in history the Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.  

1829  South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools on this day in history.  

1830  General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam on October - 01.  

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on October - 01.  

1507  On this day in history birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)  

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)  

1549  On October - 01 birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery  

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)  

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.  

1644  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer  

1644  On this day in history birth of jean Rousseau, composer  

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.  

0540  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies  

0552  On this day in history teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle  

0959  On October - 01 death of king Edwy of England  

0976  On this day in history al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies  

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)  

1189  On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.