Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On October - 23 pietro Generali, composer   

1775  On this day in history continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

1782  On October - 23 joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73   

1788  On this day in history 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  On October - 23 john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

1799  On October - 23 william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58   

1801  Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer on this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history 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  On October - 23 [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune)   

1812  Failed coup against emperor Napoleon on October - 23.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97)   

1844  On this day in history louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis   

1846  On this day in history alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer   

1851  On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on this day in history.   

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

1705  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

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

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  On this day in history death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.   

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on October - 23.