Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On this day in history pietro Generali, composer   

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

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

1788  Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) on October - 23.   

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

1794  Joseph Panny, composer on this day in history.   

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  Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer on October - 23.   

1801  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60   

1805  Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 on this day in history.   

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

1806  Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1812  Failed coup against emperor Napoleon on October - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1819  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer on this day in history.   

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 October - 23 adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97)   

1844  On October - 23 louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis   

1846  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on October - 23.   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On October - 23 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

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  On October - 23 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  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on this day in history.   

1869  On October - 23 jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

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

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.   

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

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  On October - 23 death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on October - 23.   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23.   

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

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