Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

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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1503  On October - 23 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  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on this day in history.   

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

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

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

1550  On this day in history death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

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.