Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica on this day in history.   

1830  On October - 09 harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1831  Capo d'Istria is assassinated on this day in history.   

1831  Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered on this day in history.   

1835  The birth of Camille Saint-Saens, French composer on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history the Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka.   

1837  On October - 09 steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

1837  On this day in history charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

1841  Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60 on October - 09.   

1845  The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

1854  the siege of Sebastopol begins on October - 09.   

1855  On October - 09 joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

1855  On October - 09 isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

1858  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)   

1863  Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) on this day in history.   

1863  Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) on October - 09.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions   

1865  On October - 09 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania   

1869  On this day in history harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

1870  Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree on this day in history.   

1871  The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out on October - 09.   

1871  Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business   

1873  On October - 09 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect)   

1874  World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history the first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

1876  On October - 09 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires   

1877  American Humane Association organized in Cleveland on October - 09.   

1877  On this day in history locomotive Countess of Dufferin arrives at St. Boniface on a barge towed by the steamer "Selkirk". It was brought in by the contractor Joseph Whitehead to work on the Selkirk - Emerson line and was the first locomotive in Manitoba and on the Prairies.   

1877  American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) on October - 09.   

1878  Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)   

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1201  On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.   

1586  On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  On October - 09 clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.