Historical Events In June - 23

1775  First regatta held on Thames, England on June - 23.   

1775  1st regatta held on Thames, England on this day in history.   

1776  Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history american Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township.   

1784  First US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren) on June - 23.   

1784  On this day in history 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)   

1794  Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev on June - 23.   

1801  On June - 23 daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1801  Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58 on June - 23.   

1810  On this day in history john Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)   

1810  Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina on this day in history.   

1817  Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 on June - 23.   

1818  Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) on this day in history.   

1821  Dutch troops conquer Palembang on this day in history.   

1822  Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

1824  Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer on June - 23.   

1833  On this day in history nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73   

1837  Ernest Guiraud, composer on June - 23.   

1838  On this day in history edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868   

1846  On this day in history george Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

1848  On this day in history bloody insurrection of workers in Paris   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone on this day in history.   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone) on June - 23.   

1852  Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer on this day in history.   

1854  Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use on June - 23.   

1855  Maude Valerie White, composer on this day in history.   

1858  William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician on June - 23.   

1859  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history congress establishes the Government Printing Office   

1860  On June - 23 uS Secret Service created   

1860  On this day in history congress establishes Government Printing Office   

1863  Tullahoma campaign, TN on this day in history.   

1865  On June - 23 at Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army   

1865  At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army on June - 23.   

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1160  On June - 23 birth of johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)   

1433  On June - 23 birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)   

1456  On June - 23 birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

1534  On June - 23 birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)   

1540  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on June - 23.   

1596  Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641) was born on June - 23.   

1612  On this day in history birth of justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet   

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

0079  Death of Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9) on June - 23.   

0758  Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1018  Death of Henry I of Austria on June - 23.   

1075  On this day in history theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies   

1137  On June - 23 adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies   

1139  On this day in history andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1555  On June - 23 death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)