Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica on October - 09.   

1830  On this day in history harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1831  Capo d'Istria is assassinated on October - 09.   

1831  On this day in history joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

1835  On this day in history the birth of Camille Saint-Saens, French composer   

1835  On this day in history the Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka.   

1837  On this day in history steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

1837  On October - 09 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

1841  On this day in history karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60   

1845  The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church on this day in history.   

1847  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history the siege of Sebastopol begins.   

1855  On October - 09 joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

1855  Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor on this day in history.   

1858  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) on October - 09.   

1859  On October - 09 alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)   

1863  On October - 09 battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)   

1863  Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions on October - 09.   

1865  On this day in history 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania   

1869  Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer on October - 09.   

1870  On this day in history rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree   

1871  The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out on this day in history.   

1871  Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business   

1873  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect)   

1874  On October - 09 world Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland   

1876  On this day in history the first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

1876  On this day in history 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

1877  On this day in history american Humane Association organized in Cleveland   

1877  Locomotive Countess of Dufferin arrives at St. Boniface on a barge towed by the steamer "Selkirk". It was brought in by the contractor Joseph Whitehead to work on the Selkirk - Emerson line and was the first locomotive in Manitoba and on the Prairies on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history american Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)   

1878  On October - 09 robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)   

1884  On October - 09 helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)   

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on October - 09.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)