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What Happened in October 1828

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Oct 7 The Greek city of Patras is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.
Oct 25 St Katharine Docks opens in London, England

Clara Wieck's Debut

Oct 28 Clara Wieck, age 9, makes her official debut in a piano recital at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig, Germany

Pianist and Composer Clara Schumann

Famous Birthdays

Oct 2 Charles Floquet, French statesman and 44th Prime Minister of France, born in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France (d. 1896)
Oct 3 Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
Oct 8 Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), born in Dourdan, France (d. 1899)
Oct 10 Samuel J. Randall, American politician (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1890)
Oct 19 Adolfo Fumagalli, Italian piano virtuoso and composer, often for just the left hand, born in Inzago, Italy (d. 1856)
Oct 23 Turner Ashby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
Oct 27 Jacob Dolson Cox, Canadian-American statesman, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1900)

Famous Deaths

Oct 3 Josephus Andreas Fodor, Dutch Classical era violinist and composer, dies at 77
Oct 13 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet and translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier, the Iliad), dies at 74

Famous People by Cause of Death

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