Historical Events In October - 01

1830  On this day in history jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1831  Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on October - 01.   

1832  On this day in history caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison   

1833  On October - 01 charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina   

1834  On this day in history francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915   

1835  On October - 01 robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1837  "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) on October - 01.   

1837  Treaty with Winnebago Indians on this day in history.   

1838  Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer   

1842  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) on this day in history.   

1843  News of the World began publication in London on October - 01.   

1844  Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters on this day in history.   

1847  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet on this day in history.   

1847  On October - 01 annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)   

1851  On October - 01 the first Hawaiian stamps issued   

1851  1st Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.   

1854  On this day in history the watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.   

1863  On October - 01 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC   

1864  On October - 01 cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed   

1864  On October - 01 john Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

1865  The birth of Paul Dukas, French composer on October - 01.   

1866  On this day in history dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens   

1867  On October - 01 karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published   

1868  On this day in history 1st edition of Maasbode published   

1868  On October - 01 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

1869  The first postcards are issued (Vienna) on October - 01.   

1869  On this day in history 1st postcards are issued (Vienna)   

1870  On this day in history pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)   

1871  On this day in history general Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht   

1872  On this day in history israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)   

1874  Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service on this day in history.   

1874  Rotterdam opens drink water pipes on October - 01.   

1876  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on October - 01.   

1507  On this day in history birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)   

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On October - 01 birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On this day in history birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.   

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.   

0540  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

0552  On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.