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

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

1834  Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915 on this day in history.  

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  On October - 01 treaty with Winnebago Indians  

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

1841  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer on October - 01.  

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

1843  On this day in history news of the World began publication in London.  

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

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

1847  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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 October - 01 dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens  

1867  On October - 01 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 October - 01.  

1869  The first postcards are issued (Vienna) on October - 01.  

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

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

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

1872  On this day in history 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  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 October - 01.  

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on October - 01.  

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

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.  

1577  On October - 01 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  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer  

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  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies  

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

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

0976  On this day in history al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies  

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

1189  On October - 01 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)