Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica   

1830  Harriet Hosmer, sculptor.   

1831  Capo d'Istria is assassinated   

1831  Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

1835  Camille Saint-Saens, French composer is born   

1835  The Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka   

1837  Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100.   

1837  Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies.   

1841  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.   

1847  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

1854  the siege of Sebastopol begins.   

1855  Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope.   

1855  Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor.   

1858  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

1859  Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair).   

1863  Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)   

1863  Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)   

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

1865  1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania.   

1869  Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

1870  Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree.   

1871  The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out   

1871  Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-).   

1872  Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business.   

1873  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect)   

1874  World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland.   

1876  The inaugural 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires.   

1876  1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

1877  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 inaugural locomotive in Manitoba and on the Prairies.   

1877  American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)   

1878  Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure).   

1884  Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)   

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1201  Robert de sorbon: Founded sorbonne university, paris   

1221  Salimbene di adam: Italian chronicler   

1261  Dionysius: The justified, king of portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King peter i of cyprus: King peter i of cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  Claude g bachet de meziriac: French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan iii van foreest: Lawyer/poet/mayor of hoorn   

1586  Archduke leopold v of austria: Archduke leopold v of austria (d. 1632)   

1626  John ferrabosco: Composer   

1047  Clemens ii: [suitger], pope (1046-47),   

1253  Grosseteste: An english scholar,   

1273  Elisabeth of bavaria: Queen of germany   

1326  Death of Reinald i: Earl of gelre/monarch, went insane,   

1390  Johan i: King of castile (1379-90),   

1423  Frederik iii of blankenheim: Bishop of straatsburg/utrecht,   

1436  Jacoba van bavarian: Countess of holland/zealand,   

1555  Justus jonas: German protestant reformer (b. 1493)