Page 4: Historical Events In October - 01

1878  Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie).   

1879  In this year, Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause   

1880  John Phillip Sousa is recorded as becoming leader of Marine Corps Band.   

1880  John Philip Sousa is recorded as becoming new director of US Marine Corps Band   

1881  Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer.   

1881  Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78.   

1885  Special delivery mail service begins in US   

1885  Louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems)   

1886  US mint at Carson City, Nevada closes.   

1886  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author.   

1887  Balochistan conquered by the British Empire   

1888  A new Chinese Exclusion Act voted by Congress, forbids Chinese workers who have left the United States to return.   

1888  In this year, National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time   

1889  Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum.   

1889  Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms   

1890  The McKinley Tariff Act passed by Congress October 1 increases the average U.S. import duty.   

1890  Yosemite National Park established   

1890  Congress creates Weather Bureau   

1890  Alice Joyce, Kansas City MO, actress (Song O' My Heart)   

1891  In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.   

1892  University of Chicago opens   

1893  3rd worst hurricane in US history results in the deaths of 1800 (Mississippi)   

1893  Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle NY, author/novelist (They Who Love)   

1894  Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska   

1894  Ricardo Castillo, composer.   

1895  Romanians in Costantinople massacred   

1895  Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan (1947-51).   

1896  Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)   

1896  Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)   

1898  Henry Huntington buys the LA Railway.   

1898  Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia   

1898  Dutch railway Alkmaar-Receiver opens.   

1898  Karl Ranki, composer.   

1899  Lajos Bardos, composer.   

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1207  Henry iii: King of england (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo barozzi da vignola: Italian architect   

1540  Johann jakob grynaeus: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1549  Anna of h bartolomaeus: Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of sigmaringen: Swiss friar, martyr, and saint   

1620  Nicolaes pietersz berchem: Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro stradella: Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean rousseau: Composer   

0290  Death of [christian] bacchus: Roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Vedastus st vaast: 1st bishop of atrecht/saint,   

0552  Death of Teja: King of ostrogoten,   

0959  King edwy of england: King edwy of england   

0976  Death of Al-hakam ii: Moors kalief of cordoba,   

1040  Alan iii: Duke of brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de ridefort: Grandmaster of the knights templar   

1310  Death of Beatrice of burgundy: Lady of bourbon (b. 1257)