Historical Events In October - 23

1773  Pietro Generali, composer on this day in history.   

1775  On October - 23 continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army   

1782  On October - 23 joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73   

1788  On this day in history sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)   

1790  Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed) on October - 23.   

1794  Joseph Panny, composer on October - 23.   

1797  On October - 23 john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

1799  William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history gustav Albert Lortzing, composer   

1801  On October - 23 johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60   

1805  On October - 23 sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340   

1805  Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Nachsommer) on October - 23.   

1806  Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary (NY Tribune)   

1812  On October - 23 failed coup against emperor Napoleon   

1813  The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom) on this day in history.   

1814  1st plastic surgery is performed (England) on October - 23.   

1819  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer on this day in history.   

1820  On October - 23 james Monroe Goggin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  1st steam locomotive is introduced on October - 23.   

1824  Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on October - 23.   

1828  On October - 23 turner Ashby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1835  Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97) on this day in history.   

1844  On October - 23 louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis   

1846  Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on this day in history.   

1851  On October - 23 guillaume Couture, composer   

1852  On October - 23 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

1853  Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens on this day in history.   

1854  On October - 23 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

1864  Battle of Westport, Missouri on October - 23.   

1864  On this day in history union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price   

1867  On this day in history 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.   

1868  Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910) on October - 23.   

1869  Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer on October - 23.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  On this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.   

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)