Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On this day in history pietro Generali, composer   

1775  Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73   

1788  On October - 23 sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  On this day in history slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)   

1794  On October - 23 joseph Panny, composer   

1797  On this day in history john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

1799  William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on October - 23.   

1801  Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer on this day in history.   

1801  Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on October - 23.   

1805  On October - 23 sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

1805  Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer) on this day in history.   

1806  On October - 23 franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1810  [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune) on October - 23.   

1812  On October - 23 failed coup against emperor Napoleon   

1813  The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom) on October - 23.   

1814  On October - 23 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)   

1819  On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  James Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on October - 23.   

1824  On October - 23 1st steam locomotive is introduced   

1824  Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on October - 23.   

1828  On October - 23 turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1835  Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97) on this day in history.   

1844  Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis on October - 23.   

1846  On October - 23 alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer   

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on this day in history.   

1852  Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens   

1854  On October - 23 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

1864  Battle of Westport, Missouri on this day in history.   

1864  Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price on October - 23.   

1867  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate on October - 23.   

1868  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on October - 23.   

1869  Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on October - 23.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on October - 23.   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on this day in history.   

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on October - 23.