Historical Events In October - 01

1830  On this day in history jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1831  On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1832  On October - 01 caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison   

1833  Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina on this day in history.   

1834  Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915 on October - 01.   

1835  Robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on October - 01.   

1837  On this day in history "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)   

1837  On October - 01 treaty with Winnebago Indians   

1838  Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) on October - 01.   

1841  On October - 01 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer   

1842  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) on October - 01.   

1843  On this day in history news of the World began publication in London.   

1844  Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters on this day in history.   

1847  Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet on October - 01.   

1847  Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity) on October - 01.   

1851  The first Hawaiian stamps issued on October - 01.   

1851  On October - 01 1st Hawaiian stamps issued   

1854  The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing on October - 01.   

1863  On this day in history 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC   

1864  On this day in history cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed   

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on October - 01.   

1865  The birth of Paul Dukas, French composer on this day in history.   

1866  Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens on this day in history.   

1867  On October - 01 karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published   

1868  On this day in history 1st edition of Maasbode published   

1868  On October - 01 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

1869  The first postcards are issued (Vienna) on October - 01.   

1869  1st postcards are issued (Vienna) on October - 01.   

1870  On October - 01 pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)   

1871  General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht on October - 01.   

1872  On October - 01 israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)   

1874  On October - 01 supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service.   

1874  Rotterdam opens drink water pipes on October - 01.   

1876  Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 on October - 01.   

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on October - 01.   

1540  On October - 01 birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On this day in history birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.   

1644  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.   

0290  On October - 01 death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0552  On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  On October - 01 al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies   

1040  On October - 01 death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on October - 01.   

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)