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 October - 01.  

1832  Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison on October - 01.  

1833  On October - 01 charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina  

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  "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) on October - 01.  

1837  On this day in history treaty with Winnebago Indians  

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

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

1847  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet on this day in history.  

1847  Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity) on this day in history.  

1851  The first Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.  

1851  1st Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.  

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  5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC on this day in history.  

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

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1865  On October - 01 the birth of Paul Dukas, French composer  

1866  Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens on October - 01.  

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

1868  On October - 01 1st edition of Maasbode published  

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  1st postcards are issued (Vienna) on this day in history.  

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

1871  General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht on this day in history.  

1872  Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) on this day in history.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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 October - 01.  

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.  

1644  On October - 01 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  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.  

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.  

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 October - 01.  

1310  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)