Page 2: Historical Events In September - 23
Monday, 16 March 2026
1778 Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83. 

1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'. 

1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis 

1780 British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY. 

1780 Brit Maj John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt 

1780 John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29. 

1782 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer. 

1791 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet). 

1795 Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris 

1797 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57. 

1800 William H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers) 

1803 The Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, inaugural marquis Wellesley 

1803 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army. 

1804 David Van de Kellen, coin engraver. 

1805 Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist 

1806 The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration. 

1806 Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest. 

1816 Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887 

1817 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer. 

1818 Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed 

1820 Thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers). 

1821 Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks. 

1830 Dutch troops occupy Brussels 

1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago. 

1835 Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33 

1837 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80. 

1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer 

1842 Karl Munzinger, composer 

1845 inaugural baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code. 

1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 

1846 Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune 

1846 Neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle. 

1847 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) 

1849 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer 

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