Page 3: Historical Events In October - 01

1830  Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890.   

1831  Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863.   

1832  Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison   

1833  Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina   

1834  Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915   

1835  Robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1837  "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico).   

1837  Treaty with Winnebago Indians.   

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

1841  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer.   

1842  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur).   

1843  News of the World began publication in London.   

1844  Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies inaugural permanent quarters.   

1847  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet   

1847  Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity).   

1851  The inaugural Hawaiian stamps issued   

1851  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   

1863  5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC.   

1864  Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70000 killed   

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

1865  Paul Dukas, French composer is born.   

1866  Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens   

1867  Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published   

1868  1st edition of Maasbode published.   

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

1869  The inaugural postcards are issued (Vienna).   

1869  1st postcards are issued (Vienna)   

1870  Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells).   

1871  General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht   

1872  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   

1874  Rotterdam opens drink water pipes   

1876  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77.   

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1207  Henry iii: King of england (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo barozzi da vignola: Italian architect   

1540  Johann jakob grynaeus: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1549  Anna of h bartolomaeus: Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of sigmaringen: Swiss friar, martyr, and saint   

1620  Nicolaes pietersz berchem: Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro stradella: Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean rousseau: Composer   

0290  [christian] bacchus: Roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Death of Vedastus st vaast: 1st bishop of atrecht/saint,   

0552  Death of Teja: King of ostrogoten,   

0959  Death of King edwy of england: King edwy of england   

0976  Death of Al-hakam ii: Moors kalief of cordoba,   

1040  Alan iii: Duke of brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Gerard de ridefort: Grandmaster of the knights templar   

1310  Death of Beatrice of burgundy: Lady of bourbon (b. 1257)