Page 2: Historical Events In October - 31

1765  Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies.   

1768  Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78.   

1785  George F Kersting, German painter   

1791  Ferdinand Huber, composer   

1793  Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror.   

1793  Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror   

1793  Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40   

1794  John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society   

1795  John Keats, English poet; works include 'Ode to a Nightingale' is born   

1795  John Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)   

1806  Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36.   

1808  Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain   

1815  Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp   

1815  Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions).   

1815  Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44   

1825  Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896.   

1826  Hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905.   

1831  Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901.   

1835  Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933.   

1837  Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die   

1846  Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp.   

1847  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (2-fasenmotor).   

1851  Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37.   

1852  Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother).   

1854  Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

1860  Juliette Gordon Low, activist/founder (Girl Scouts of America).   

1860  Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged   

1863  The Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.   

1863  Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51.   

1864  Nevada admitted as 36th state.   

1865  William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies   

1868  Standard uniform approved for postal carriers   

1870  Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55.   

1871  Founding of Netherland Protestant Union in Dokkum   

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1291  On October - 31 birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on October - 31.   

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.   

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on October - 31.   

1620  On October - 31 birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  On this day in history birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.   

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.   

1641  On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on October - 31.