Historical Events In September - 23

1778  Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83 on September - 23.  

1779  John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis' on September - 23.  

1779  On this day in history john Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis  

1780  British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY on this day in history.  

1780  On September - 23 brit Maj John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt  

1780  On this day in history john Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29  

1782  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer on September - 23.  

1791  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet) on September - 23.  

1795  On this day in history conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris  

1797  On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

1800  On this day in history william H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers)  

1803  On September - 23 the Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, first marquis Wellesley  

1803  Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army on this day in history.  

1804  David Van de Kellen, coin engraver on this day in history.  

1805  On this day in history matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist  

1806  On September - 23 the Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration  

1806  On September - 23 lewis & Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest  

1816  On September - 23 elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887  

1817  On September - 23 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer  

1818  On September - 23 border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed.  

1820  Thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on September - 23.  

1821  Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks on this day in history.  

1830  Dutch troops occupy Brussels on September - 23.  

1835  On September - 23 hMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago  

1835  On this day in history vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33  

1837  Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on September - 23.  

1838  Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer on September - 23.  

1842  Karl Munzinger, composer on this day in history.  

1845  First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code on September - 23.  

1845  1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code on this day in history.  

1846  Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle  

1846  Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune on September - 23.  

1847  On September - 23 henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)  

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on September - 23.  

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)  

1215  On September - 23 birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)  

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on September - 23.  

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.  

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)  

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.  

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.  

0918  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42  

0965  On this day in history death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered  

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)  

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on September - 23.  

1535  On this day in history death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)  

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47