Page 3: Historical Events In October - 01

1830  Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on October - 01.   

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

1832  On this day in history caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison   

1833  On this day in history charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina   

1834  On October - 01 francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915   

1835  On this day in history robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

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

1837  Treaty with Winnebago Indians on October - 01.   

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

1841  On this day in history anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer   

1842  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters.   

1847  On October - 01 maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet   

1847  On this day in history annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)   

1851  The first Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.   

1851  On this day in history 1st Hawaiian stamps issued   

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  On October - 01 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC   

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

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1865  The birth of Paul Dukas, French composer on this day in history.   

1866  On October - 01 dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens   

1867  On this day in history karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published   

1868  On this day in history 1st edition of Maasbode published   

1868  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1869  The first postcards are issued (Vienna) on this day in history.   

1869  1st postcards are issued (Vienna) on this day in history.   

1870  On October - 01 pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)   

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

1872  Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 01 birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On this day in history birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  On this day in history birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on October - 01.   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.   

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on October - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)