Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1779  John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis on this day in history.   

1780  British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY on September - 23.   

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

1780  John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 on September - 23.   

1782  On September - 23 jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer   

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

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

1797  On September - 23 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  Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army on September - 23.   

1804  On September - 23 david Van de Kellen, coin engraver   

1805  On September - 23 matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist   

1806  The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration on September - 23.   

1806  On this day in history lewis & Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest   

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

1817  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer on September - 23.   

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

1820  On September - 23 thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1830  Dutch troops occupy Brussels on September - 23.   

1835  HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago on September - 23.   

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

1837  On September - 23 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

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

1842  On September - 23 karl Munzinger, composer   

1845  On September - 23 first baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code   

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 September - 23 neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle   

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

1847  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) on this day in history.   

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

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

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

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

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

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

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

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

0079  On September - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47