Historical Events In October - 23
Saturday, 30 September 2023
1773 Pietro Generali, composer on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
1782 Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 on October - 23.
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 On this day in history john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)
1799 William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on October - 23.
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 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 October - 23 franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58
1810 On this day in history [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune)
1812 On this day in history 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) on October - 23.
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 October - 23.
1824 1st steam locomotive is introduced on October - 23.
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 October - 23.
1844 Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis on October - 23.
1846 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on this day in history.
1851 Guillaume Couture, composer on this day in history.
1852 Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on this day in history.
1853 Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on October - 23.
1854 The Times give precise British positions in Krim on October - 23.
1864 On October - 23 battle of Westport, Missouri
1864 On this day in history union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price
1867 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate on October - 23.
1868 On October - 23 rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910)
1869 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on this day in history.
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