Historical Events In October - 23

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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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.  

1516  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist  

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

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.  

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

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on October - 23.  

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist  

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on this day in history.  

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.  

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history.  

1550  On October - 23 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 this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)