Historical Events In August - 10

1801  Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882 on August - 10.   

1802  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer   

1809  On this day in history ecuador declares independence from Spain   

1809  Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) on August - 10.   

1810  Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM on this day in history.   

1814  Jacob Edvard Gille, composer on this day in history.   

1821  On August - 10 missouri admitted as 24th US state   

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1822  On August - 10 antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die   

1823  Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)   

1831  Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery on August - 10.   

1831  Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery on this day in history.   

1833  Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 on August - 10.   

1835  Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH on this day in history.   

1835  On August - 10 gyula Beliczay, composer   

1836  Jose Teodor Vilar, composer on this day in history.   

1840  The 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada on this day in history.   

1841  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1843  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on August - 10.   

1845  Kunanbajew, writer on August - 10.   

1846  On this day in history congress charters the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution   

1846  Smithsonian Institution founded in the United States on August - 10.   

1846  On August - 10 congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution   

1854  J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 10 hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana   

1856  On August - 10 hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana   

1856  Paul Geisler, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history john Wilson Croker, politician   

1859  George Staunton, writer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed   

1861  On this day in history almroth Wright, Yorkshire England, bacteriologist   

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on this day in history.   

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)   

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.   

1560  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies   

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  On August - 10 death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.