Historical Events In October - 01

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

1831  On this day in history 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 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  "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) on October - 01.  

1837  Treaty with Winnebago Indians on October - 01.  

1838  Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) on this day in history.  

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 October - 01.  

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 October - 01.  

1847  On this day in history annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)  

1851  On October - 01 the first Hawaiian stamps issued  

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 October - 01.  

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

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

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

1867  On this day in history karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published  

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

1868  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history the first postcards are issued (Vienna)  

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

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

1871  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history 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 October - 01.  

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)  

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

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)  

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

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

1644  On October - 01 birth of jean Rousseau, composer  

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on October - 01.  

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies  

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on this day in history.  

0959  On October - 01 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 this day in history.  

1189  On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.