Page 2: Historical Events In October - 23

1773  On this day in history pietro Generali, composer   

1775  On this day in history 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  On this day in history slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)   

1794  Joseph Panny, composer on October - 23.   

1797  John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) on this day in history.   

1799  William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1801  On October - 23 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer   

1801  On this day in history 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 October - 23 failed coup against emperor Napoleon   

1813  On this day in history 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).   

1814  On this day in history 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)   

1819  On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer   

1820  On October - 23 james Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  On this day in history 1st steam locomotive is introduced   

1824  On this day in history thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1828  Turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on October - 23.   

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  Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

1864  Battle of Westport, Missouri on October - 23.   

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  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on this day in history.   

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

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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  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

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  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  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

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

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  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1550  On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

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

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.