Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On October - 23 pietro Generali, composer   

1775  Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army on October - 23.   

1782  Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  On this day in history slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)   

1794  On this day in history joseph Panny, composer   

1797  John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history 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  Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 on October - 23.   

1805  Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer) on this day in history.   

1806  On October - 23 franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1810  [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  James Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history 1st steam locomotive is introduced   

1824  On this day in history 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  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on this day in history.   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on October - 23.   

1852  On this day in history jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

1853  Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on this day in history.   

1854  On October - 23 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

1864  On October - 23 battle of Westport, Missouri   

1864  On October - 23 union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price   

1867  On this day in history 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.   

1868  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on this day in history.   

1869  Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on October - 23.   

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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  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on October - 23.   

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 this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On October - 23 birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On this day in history birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

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

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

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

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)