Historical Events In October - 01

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

1831  On October - 01 claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1832  On October - 01 caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison  

1833  Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina on October - 01.  

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

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  On October - 01 treaty with Winnebago Indians  

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  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet on this day in history.  

1847  On October - 01 annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)  

1851  On October - 01 the first Hawaiian stamps issued  

1851  1st Hawaiian stamps issued on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1863  5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC on October - 01.  

1864  On this day in history cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed  

1864  On this day in history john Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

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

1866  On October - 01 dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens  

1867  On October - 01 karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1870  On this day in history pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)  

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 this day in history.  

1874  On October - 01 rotterdam opens drink water pipes  

1876  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on October - 01.  

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)  

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

1540  Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born on October - 01.  

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

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

1620  On October - 01 birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher  

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0290  On October - 01 death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed  

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  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.  

0976  On October - 01 al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies  

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on October - 01.  

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.  

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on this day in history.