Historical Events In October - 01

1830  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1835  Robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on October - 01.  

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  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer on October - 01.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC  

1864  Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed on October - 01.  

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on October - 01.  

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

1866  Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history the first postcards are issued (Vienna)  

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

1870  Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells) on October - 01.  

1871  On October - 01 general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht  

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  On this day in history rotterdam opens drink water pipes  

1876  On this day in history 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  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  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.  

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 October - 01.  

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.  

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  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.  

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  

1040  On October - 01 death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)  

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)