Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  Pietro Generali, composer on October - 23.   

1775  On October - 23 continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

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

1788  On this day in history sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed) on October - 23.   

1794  On October - 23 joseph Panny, composer   

1797  John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) on October - 23.   

1799  On October - 23 william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58   

1801  On October - 23 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer   

1801  On October - 23 johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60   

1805  On this day in history sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

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

1806  Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune)   

1812  On this day in history 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  1st plastic surgery is performed (England) on this day in history.   

1819  On October - 23 isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  On this day in history james Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  On October - 23 1st steam locomotive is introduced   

1824  On October - 23 thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1828  Turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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

1844  On October - 23 louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis   

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

1851  Guillaume Couture, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On October - 23 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

1853  Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on October - 23.   

1854  The Times give precise British positions in Krim on this day in history.   

1864  On October - 23 battle of Westport, Missouri   

1864  On this day in history union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price   

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

1868  On October - 23 rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910)   

1869  On October - 23 jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer   

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

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

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on this day in history.   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)