October1810

What Happenedin October 1810

Historical Events

Oct 13 James Shedden Palmer, American Commander (Union Navy), born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey (d. 1867)
Oct 19 Cassius Marcellus Clay, American Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, Kentucky (d. 1903)
Oct 22 Henry Bohlen, German-American brigadier general (Union Army), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1862)
Oct 23 William Leidesdorff, Mixed-race early Californian businessman, born in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies (d. 1848)
Oct 24 Carl Baermann, German clarinetist and composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1885)
Oct 28 Adley H. Gladden, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Fairfield District, South Carolina (d. 1862)

Oct 12 First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.

Oct 15 Alfred Moore, American Attorney General of North Carolina (1782-91) and Supreme Court judge (1800-04), dies at 55[1][2]
Oct 16 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut, dies at 38
Oct 19 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (ballet d'action), dies at 83
Oct 19 Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist working in London as librarian of the Royal Society, dies at 62
Oct 21 Franz Teyber, Austrian composer, dies at 52