Historical Events In October - 01

1830  Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

1837  "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history treaty with Winnebago Indians   

1838  On this day in history civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)   

1841  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer on this day in history.   

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

1843  On October - 01 news of the World began publication in London.   

1844  On this day in history 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  Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity) on October - 01.   

1851  On October - 01 the first Hawaiian stamps issued   

1851  On October - 01 1st Hawaiian stamps issued   

1854  On October - 01 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 October - 01.   

1864  On October - 01 cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed   

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

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

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

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  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0959  On October - 01 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 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 this day in history.