Historical Events In September - 23

1849  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer on this day in history.  

1852  William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school on September - 23.  

1853  On this day in history marcel Planiol, French private law scholar  

1854  Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) on this day in history.  

1856  William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess) on this day in history.  

1857  On September - 23 russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die  

1861  On this day in history edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)  

1862  On September - 23 lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers  

1863  On September - 23 confederate siege of Chattanooga begins  

1863  On this day in history alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist (bacteria plague)  

1864  Battle of Athens VA on this day in history.  

1866  Edouard Combe, composer on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)  

1870  On this day in history john Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist  

1871  On this day in history frantisek Kupka, Czech writer  

1871  Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1873  On September - 23 tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title  

1876  Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history hurricane strikes Curacao & Bonaire kills 200  

1877  On this day in history urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies  

1879  Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia on September - 23.  

1879  Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history jules Ferry forms French govt  

1880  John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949) on this day in history.  

1884  On this day in history herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.  

1888  Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons) on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.  

1889  Walter Lippmann, NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Dystany) on September - 23.  

1889  On September - 23 william W Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies  

1890  On September - 23 ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning  

1890  On this day in history arthur Walter Kramer, composer  

1894  On September - 23 kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (Edda & Thora)  

1895  On September - 23 french labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms  

1896  On September - 23 ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83  

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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 September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)  

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)  

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.  

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies  

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.  

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.  

1241  On this day in history death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)  

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

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