Page 2: Historical Events In September - 23

1778  On this day in history balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83   

1779  On September - 23 john Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'   

1779  On September - 23 john Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis   

1780  British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY on September - 23.   

1780  On September - 23 brit Maj John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt   

1780  John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 on this day in history.   

1782  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer on this day in history.   

1791  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet) on September - 23.   

1795  Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris on this day in history.   

1797  On September - 23 johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57   

1800  On this day in history william H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers)   

1803  On this day in history the Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, first marquis Wellesley   

1803  Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army on September - 23.   

1804  On September - 23 david Van de Kellen, coin engraver   

1805  Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist on September - 23.   

1806  The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration on September - 23.   

1806  Lewis & Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest on this day in history.   

1816  Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1817  On September - 23 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer   

1818  Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks on this day in history.   

1830  Dutch troops occupy Brussels on September - 23.   

1835  HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago on September - 23.   

1835  On September - 23 vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33   

1837  Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1838  Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history karl Munzinger, composer   

1845  First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code on September - 23.   

1845  On September - 23 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code   

1846  On September - 23 johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune   

1846  On September - 23 neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle   

1846  Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune on this day in history.   

1847  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) on this day in history.   

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1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  On this day in history birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

0775  On this day in history constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.   

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47