Page 3: 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  On this day in history charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina   

1834  Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915 on October - 01.   

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 this day in history treaty with Winnebago Indians   

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

1841  On this day in history anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer   

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 this day in history maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet   

1847  On October - 01 annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)   

1851  On this day in history the first Hawaiian stamps issued   

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 October - 01 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC   

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

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

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

1868  1st edition of Maasbode published on this day in history.   

1868  On October - 01 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

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

1869  1st postcards are issued (Vienna) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee) on October - 01.   

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

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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  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 October - 01.   

1644  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  On this day in history 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  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.   

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

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  On October - 01 death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar   

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