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 This day in History - October 1
507 Historic Events for October 1
1799

Rufus Choate, US, lawyer (Hall of Fame)

Birth
1800

Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty

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1801

England and France signs Preliminary of London

Event
1807

John Mhlenberg, Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday

Death
1808

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer

Birth
1814

Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies

Death
1820

Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer

Birth
1830

Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1890

Birth
1830

General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam

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1831

Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863

Birth
1832

Henry Clay Work, composer

Birth
1832

Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison

Birth
1833

Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina

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1834

Francis Marion Cockrell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1915

Birth
1835

Robert Houston Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888

Birth
1835

William Hicks "Red" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army)

Birth
1837

"Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)

Event
1837

Treaty with Winnebago Indians

Event
1838

Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)

Event
1841

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer

Birth
1842

Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)

Birth
1845

Adolf Oberl„nder, German painter

Birth
1847

Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet

Event
1847

Annie Besant, [Wood], England, philosopher (Esoteric christianity)

Birth
1851

1st Hawaiian stamps issued

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