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What Happened in October 1845

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Historical Events

  • Oct 9 Eminent and controversial Anglican priest John Henry Newman leaves Anglican Curch of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church
  • Oct 10 Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
  • Oct 13 Texas ratifies a state constitution

Tannhäuser

Oct 19 Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser" premieres in Dresden

Composer Richard Wagner

Events in 1845

Famous Birthdays

  • Oct 12 Amintore Galli, Italian composer, born in Perticara, Italy (d. 1919)
  • Oct 17 Franz Ehrle, German Jesuit and Vatican librarian (modernised the Vatican Library), born in Isny im Allgäu, Kingdom of Württemberg, (d. 1934)
  • Oct 26 Hendrik Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Forest, Stella), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1885)
  • Oct 28 Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist, born in Grodno, Russian Empire (d. 1888)
  • Oct 30 Gustav Weber, Swiss organist, choral conductor, and composer, born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland (d. 1887)
Born in 1845

Famous Deaths

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)

Oct 12 English prison reformer, social reformer and Quaker Minister, dies of a stroke at 65

Elizabeth Fry
  • Oct 18 Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer, dies at 97
  • Oct 25 Carel Hendrik Verhuell, Dutch-French vice-admiral who served Holland then France, dies at 81
  • Oct 27 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), dies at 60


What Happened in 1845

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