Page 2: Historical Events In September - 23

1778  On September - 23 balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83   

1779  On September - 23 john Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'   

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

1780  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1780  On September - 23 john Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29   

1782  On September - 23 jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer   

1791  On September - 23 johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet)   

1795  Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris on September - 23.   

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

1800  On September - 23 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, first marquis Wellesley on September - 23.   

1803  On this day in history battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army   

1804  David Van de Kellen, coin engraver on September - 23.   

1805  Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history 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  Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer   

1818  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1835  HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago on this day in history.   

1835  Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33 on September - 23.   

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 September - 23.   

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

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 September - 23.   

1846  On September - 23 neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle   

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

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  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on this day in history.   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.   

1596  On September - 23 birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

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

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

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  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on September - 23.   

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