October 23 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1773  Pietro Generali, composer   

1775  Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

1782  Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73   

1788  Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed).   

1794  Joseph Panny, composer   

1797  John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51).   

1799  William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58.   

1801  Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer.   

1801  Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60.   

1805  Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

1805  Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer)   

1806  Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1810  [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune)   

1812  Failed coup against emperor Napoleon   

1813  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)   

1819  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer.   

1820  James Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  1st steam locomotive is introduced.   

1824  Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895.   

1828  Turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1835  Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97).   

1844  Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis.   

1846  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer.   

1852  Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

1853  Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens   

1854  The Times give precise British positions in Krim.   

1864  Battle of Westport, Missouri.   

1864  Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price.   

1867  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the inaugural members of the Canadian Senate   

1868  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910).   

1869  Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer   

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1503  Isabella of portugal: Queen of spain and empress of germany   

1516  Charlotte de valois: Princess of france   

1543  Juan de la cueva: Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig eleonora of holstein-gottorp: Queen of sweden   

1654  Johann bernhard staudt: Composer   

1698  Ange-jacques gabriel: French court architect (palace de la concorde)   

1705  Maximilian ulysses count browne: Austrian field marshal   

1713  Peter burmannus secundus: [pieter burman], dutch classicist   

0930  Death of Daigo: Emperor of japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez: Turkish sultan of egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van capestrano: Italian saint,   

1456  Giovanni da capistrano: Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann giese: Polish catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  Death of Michael neander: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Death of Franciscus junius: French/neth calvinist theologist/vicar,   

1616  Death of Leonhard hutter: German theologian (b. 1563)