Page 3: Historical Events In October - 09

1824  Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica on October - 09.   

1830  Harriet Hosmer, sculptor on this day in history.   

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

1831  On October - 09 joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

1835  On October - 09 the birth of Camille Saint-Saens, French composer   

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 October - 09 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

1841  On this day in history karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60   

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

1847  On October - 09 andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

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

1855  On this day in history joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

1855  On this day in history 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  On October - 09 battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions   

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

1869  On October - 09 harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

1870  On October - 09 rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree   

1871  On this day in history the Great Chicago Fire runs out of fuel and burns out.   

1871  On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)   

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

1873  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect) on October - 09.   

1874  On this day in history world Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland   

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 this day in history.   

1877  American Humane Association organized in Cleveland on October - 09.   

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  American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) on October - 09.   

1878  On this day in history robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)   

1884  Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston) on this day in history.   

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 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 October - 09.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.   

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

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

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

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on October - 09.