This day in History - September 22

380 Historic Events for September 22
1796 Death George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
1796 Death Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63
1814 Death A W Iffland, writer, dies
1817 Event John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State
1822 Birth Brig Gen Eppa Hunton, fought in most ANV campaigns
1826 Death J P Hebel, writer, dies at 66
1827 Birth John Grubb Parke, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1828 Death Shaka, South African Zulu king, dies
1829 Birth William Worth Belknap, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 Birth Stephen Dill Lee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1908
1842 Birth Abdl-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Romania and Serbia)
1849 Birth John Godden, English explorer (Cura‡ao)
1860 Birth Heinrich Reitsch, composer
1861 Event Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians
1862 Event President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1862 Birth [Auguste-]Maurice BarrŠs, French writer/member of parliament
1864 Event Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
1864 Event Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
1864 Birth Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
1865 Death Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71
1868 Event Race riots in New Orleans La
1869 Event Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1870 Birth Arthur Willard Pryor, composer
1872 Birth Luis Villalba Munoz, composer
1875 Birth Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer