Historical Events In October - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1820 On October - 12 elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36
1822 On October - 12 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
1822 Joseph Haydn Potter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on October - 12.
1823 On October - 12 charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on October - 12.
1832 On October - 12 walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)
1833 Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires on October - 12.
1836 On this day in history 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater NY
1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on October - 12.
1840 On this day in history helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
1844 On this day in history george W Cable, American writer (Northampton Years)
1844 Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies on this day in history.
1845 On October - 12 amintore Galli, composer
1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens on this day in history.
1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans on October - 12.
1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute on this day in history.
1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) on this day in history.
1858 Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1860 British and French troops capture Peking on this day in history.
1860 On October - 12 british & French troops capture Beijing
1860 Elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass) on this day in history.
1860 Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 on October - 12.
1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi on this day in history.
1861 On October - 12 confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi
1862 On October - 12 maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
1862 JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan" on this day in history.
1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on October - 12.
1865 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.
1866 On October - 12 antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
1870 On October - 12 robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63
1871 Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan on October - 12.
1872 Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie on October - 12.
1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover) on this day in history.
1875 Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, (75 pseudonames), British occultist on this day in history.
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