Historical Events In October - 01

1830  On October - 01 jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1831  Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

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

1833  Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915  

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

1837  On October - 01 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)  

1837  Treaty with Winnebago Indians on October - 01.  

1838  On October - 01 civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)  

1841  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer on October - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1847  On this day in history maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet  

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

1851  The first Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.  

1851  On October - 01 1st Hawaiian stamps issued  

1854  On this day in history 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  On October - 01 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC  

1864  Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed on this day in history.  

1864  On October - 01 john Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

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

1866  On this day in history dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens  

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

1868  1st edition of Maasbode published on October - 01.  

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

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

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

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

1871  General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht on October - 01.  

1872  On this day in history israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)  

1874  On October - 01 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  On October - 01 rotterdam opens drink water pipes  

1876  On October - 01 henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77  

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on this day in history.  

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.  

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

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on October - 01.  

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

0959  On this day in history death of king Edwy of England  

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