Historical Events In January - 10

1839  On this day in history tea from India 1st arrives in UK  

1840  On January - 10 penny Post mail system started  

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts  

1845  On this day in history poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding  

1846  Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1847  On January - 10 american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.  

1850  On January - 10 robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition  

1853  On January - 10 charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London  

1854  On this day in history peter Gast, composer  

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on January - 10.  

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1861  On January - 10 colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers  

1861  On this day in history florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US  

1861  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on January - 10.  

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on January - 10.  

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)  

1862  On January - 10 the inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)  

1862  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on January - 10.  

1863  On January - 10 general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR  

1863  On January - 10 january-uprising begins in Poland  

1863  On January - 10 the first underground railway opens in London  

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on this day in history.  

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on this day in history.  

1870  On January - 10 georgia legislature reconvenes  

1870  On January - 10 john D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil  

1870  Standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller on January - 10.  

1871  Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) on January - 10.  

1871  Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70  

1877  Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) on this day in history.  

1878  US Senate proposes female suffrage on January - 10.  

1880  Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) on this day in history.  

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1480  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on January - 10.  

1502  On this day in history birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)  

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)  

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on January - 10.  

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)  

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)  

0681  On January - 10 agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies  

0866  On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies  

0976  John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.  

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies  

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59  

1645  On January - 10 death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71