Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1773 Pietro Generali, composer on October - 23.
1775 On October - 23 continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
1782 Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1788 On October - 23 sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)
1790 Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed) on this day in history.
1794 On October - 23 joseph Panny, composer
1797 John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) on October - 23.
1799 On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58
1801 On this day in history gustav Albert Lortzing, composer
1801 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1805 On October - 23 sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340
1805 On October - 23 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 this day in history.
1812 On this day in history failed coup against emperor Napoleon
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 On October - 23 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
1819 On October - 23 isac Baker Woodbury, composer
1820 James Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on this day in history.
1824 On October - 23 1st steam locomotive is introduced
1824 Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on October - 23.
1828 Turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on October - 23.
1835 Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97) on this day in history.
1844 Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis on October - 23.
1846 On this day in history alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer
1851 On October - 23 guillaume Couture, composer
1852 On October - 23 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer
1853 Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on October - 23.
1854 The Times give precise British positions in Krim on October - 23.
1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri on this day in history.
1864 Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price on this day in history.
1867 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate on this day in history.
1868 Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on October - 23.
1869 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on October - 23.
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