Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  On October - 09 slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.   

1830  On this day in history harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1831  On this day in history capo d'Istria is assassinated.   

1831  Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered on October - 09.   

1835  On October - 09 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  Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

1841  Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60 on October - 09.   

1845  On October - 09 the eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.   

1847  On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

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

1855  Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope on this day in history.   

1855  On October - 09 isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

1858  On October - 09 gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

1859  Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) on this day in history.   

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

1863  On this day in history alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)   

1864  On this day in history battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions   

1865  On October - 09 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania   

1869  On October - 09 harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

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

1871  On October - 09 the Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out.   

1871  On October - 09 gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

1872  Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business on October - 09.   

1873  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect) on October - 09.   

1874  World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland on this day in history.   

1876  On October - 09 the first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

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

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 October - 09.   

1877  American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) on this day in history.   

1878  Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure) on October - 09.   

1884  Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston) on this day in history.   

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

1221  On this day in history 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  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1390  On October - 09 johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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