Historical Events In October - 01

1830  On this day in history jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1831  On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1832  Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison on October - 01.   

1833  On October - 01 charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina   

1834  Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915 on October - 01.   

1835  On October - 01 robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1837  On this day in history "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)   

1837  On this day in history treaty with Winnebago Indians   

1838  Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) on October - 01.   

1841  On October - 01 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer   

1842  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) on October - 01.   

1843  News of the World began publication in London on October - 01.   

1844  Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters on October - 01.   

1847  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet on October - 01.   

1847  Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity) on October - 01.   

1851  On October - 01 the first Hawaiian stamps issued   

1851  1st Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.   

1854  The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing on October - 01.   

1863  5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC on this day in history.   

1864  On October - 01 cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed   

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on October - 01.   

1865  On this day in history the birth of Paul Dukas, French composer   

1866  Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens on this day in history.   

1867  Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published on this day in history.   

1868  1st edition of Maasbode published on this day in history.   

1868  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 on October - 01.   

1869  On October - 01 the first postcards are issued (Vienna)   

1869  1st postcards are issued (Vienna) on October - 01.   

1870  Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht   

1872  On October - 01 israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)   

1874  Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service on October - 01.   

1874  Rotterdam opens drink water pipes on this day in history.   

1876  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1207  On October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  On October - 01 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  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.   

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On October - 01 birth of jean Rousseau, composer   

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

1189  On October - 01 death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar   

1310  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)