Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On this day in history pietro Generali, composer   

1775  On October - 23 continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

1782  Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 on October - 23.   

1788  On October - 23 sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed) on October - 23.   

1794  On this day in history joseph Panny, composer   

1797  On October - 23 john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

1799  On October - 23 william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58   

1801  On October - 23 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer   

1801  Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

1805  On this day in history adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer)   

1806  On this day in history franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1810  [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune) on October - 23.   

1812  Failed coup against emperor Napoleon on October - 23.   

1813  On this day in history the Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).   

1814  1st plastic surgery is performed (England) on October - 23.   

1819  On October - 23 isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  James Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on October - 23.   

1824  1st steam locomotive is introduced on this day in history.   

1824  On October - 23 thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1828  On this day in history turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1835  On this day in history adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97)   

1844  Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis on this day in history.   

1846  On October - 23 alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on October - 23.   

1852  Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on October - 23.   

1853  On October - 23 maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens   

1854  The Times give precise British positions in Krim on October - 23.   

1864  Battle of Westport, Missouri on October - 23.   

1864  Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price on this day in history.   

1867  On October - 23 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.   

1868  On this day in history rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910)   

1869  On this day in history jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer   

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.   

1456  On this day in history death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.