Historical Events In October - 09

1824  On October - 09 slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.   

1830  On this day in history harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1831  Capo d'Istria is assassinated on October - 09.   

1831  On this day in history joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

1835  The birth of Camille Saint-Saens, French composer on this day in history.   

1835  The Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka on October - 09.   

1837  Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

1841  Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history the eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.   

1847  On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

1854  the siege of Sebastopol begins on this day in history.   

1855  Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope on this day in history.   

1855  On October - 09 isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

1858  On this day in history gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

1859  On this day in history alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)   

1863  Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)   

1864  Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions on this day in history.   

1865  On October - 09 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania   

1869  On October - 09 harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

1870  Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree on this day in history.   

1871  The Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out on this day in history.   

1871  Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) on October - 09.   

1872  Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business on October - 09.   

1873  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect) on this day in history.   

1874  World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland on October - 09.   

1876  The first 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires on October - 09.   

1876  1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires on October - 09.   

1877  On this day in history american Humane Association organized in Cleveland   

1877  Locomotive Countess of Dufferin arrives at St. Boniface on a barge towed by the steamer "Selkirk". It was brought in by the contractor Joseph Whitehead to work on the Selkirk - Emerson line and was the first locomotive in Manitoba and on the Prairies on October - 09.   

1877  On October - 09 american Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)   

1878  On October - 09 robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)   

1884  On October - 09 helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)   

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.   

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on October - 09.   

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

1423  On October - 09 frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)