Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica on October - 09.   

1830  On October - 09 harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1831  On this day in history capo d'Istria is assassinated.   

1831  On October - 09 joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

1835  The birth of Camille Saint-Saens, French composer on October - 09.   

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

1837  On this day in history steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

1837  Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on October - 09.   

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

1845  On October - 09 the eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.   

1847  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) on October - 09.   

1854  the siege of Sebastopol begins on October - 09.   

1855  Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope on October - 09.   

1855  Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor on this day in history.   

1858  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) on October - 09.   

1859  Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)   

1863  On this day in history alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)   

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

1865  1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1869  Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree   

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

1871  On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

1872  Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business on October - 09.   

1873  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect) on October - 09.   

1874  On this day in history world Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland   

1876  The first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires on this day in history.   

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

1877  On this day in history american Humane Association organized in Cleveland   

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  On this day in history american Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)   

1878  On this day in history robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)   

1884  Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston) on October - 09.   

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

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

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

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

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

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)