Page 2: Historical Events In June - 23

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

1775  On June - 23 1st regatta held on Thames, England   

1776  On June - 23 final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress   

1780  On June - 23 american Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township.   

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

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

1794  Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history 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  On this day in history otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63   

1818  Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) on June - 23.   

1821  On June - 23 dutch troops conquer Palembang   

1822  On June - 23 young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

1824  On this day in history carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer   

1833  Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history ernest Guiraud, composer   

1838  Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on June - 23.   

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

1848  On June - 23 bloody insurrection of workers in Paris   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone on June - 23.   

1848  On June - 23 antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

1852  On June - 23 stephane Raoul Pugno, composer   

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

1855  Maude Valerie White, composer on June - 23.   

1858  On this day in history william Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician   

1859  On June - 23 florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)   

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

1860  US Secret Service created on this day in history.   

1860  Congress establishes Government Printing Office on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history tullahoma campaign, TN   

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

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

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1160  Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians) was born on June - 23.   

1433  On this day in history birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)   

1456  Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.   

1534  Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582) was born on June - 23.   

1540  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)   

1612  On June - 23 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  On this day in history ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74   

1018  Death of Henry I of Austria on this day in history.   

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  Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1444  On this day in history marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies   

1555  Death of Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) on this day in history.