Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39.   

1859  The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead   

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer   

1861  Pony Express ends   

1861  Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881).   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer.   

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva.   

1863  In this year, Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game   

1864  Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI.   

1864  Joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77.   

1868  White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La   

1868  B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated.   

1869  The inaugural American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY).   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY).   

1871  Hermann Lohr, composer.   

1873  Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42).   

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge   

1874  Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings).   

1876  President sends federal troops to SC   

1878  Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and results in the deaths of three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria   

1879  Leon Trotsky, Communist leader is born   

1879  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS].   

1881  Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az.   

1881  Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az.   

1881  Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame).   

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies.   

1886  Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer   

1887  Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series.   

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros).   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  Archduke sigismund of austria: Archduke sigismund of austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius erasmus: Holland, scholar/author (in praise of folly)   

1473  Friedrich of saxony: Friedrich of saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans buchner: Composer   

1491  Zhengde: Emperor of china   

1609  William sprague: English co-founder of charlestown, massachusetts   

1645  Aert de gelder: Dutch painter (king david)   

1673  Dimitrie cantemir: Romanians historian/monarch of moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the great: Writer/king of wessex (871-99),   

1132  Death of Floris the black: Brother of earl dirk vi of holland, murdered   

1235  Andres ii arpad: King of hungary (1205-35),   

1440  Death of Gilles de rais: French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Death of Frederick ii the vrome: Ruler of palts,   

1607  Death of Philipp nicolai: German lutherian theologist/poet/composer,   

1608  Death of Juan pantoja de la cruz: Spanish royal painter,   

1633  Death of Horio tadaharu: Japanese warlord (b. 1596)