Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1773 On October - 23 pietro Generali, composer 

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 October - 23. 

1794 On October - 23 joseph Panny, composer 

1797 John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) on October - 23. 

1799 William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1801 On October - 23 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 Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1810 On October - 23 [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune) 

1812 On October - 23 failed coup against emperor Napoleon 

1813 On October - 23 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 this day in history 1st plastic surgery is performed (England) 

1819 On October - 23 isac Baker Woodbury, composer 

1820 On this day in history james Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 

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 Turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history. 

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 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 this day in history. 

1854 The Times give precise British positions in Krim on October - 23. 

1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1869 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on this day in history. 

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