Historical Events In October - 10

1865  On this day in history john Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

1865  On October - 10 john Hyatts patents billard ball   

1865  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal on this day in history.   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on October - 10.   

1868  On October - 10 cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

1868  Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba on October - 10.   

1868  1st written account of a Canadian football game on October - 10.   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Fiji becomes a British possession on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

1876  On October - 10 walter Niemann, composer   

1877  On this day in history general Custer's funeral is held at West Point   

1884  C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) on October - 10.   

1886  On this day in history the first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY   

1886  On this day in history 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (tuxedo)   

1886  On this day in history david L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies   

1887  Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author on October - 10.   

1888  On this day in history teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on October - 10.   

1889  Barnard College is founded on this day in history.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) on October - 10.   

1889  On October - 10 adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75   

1892  Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961)   

1893  August Balthazar, Belgian politician on October - 10.   

1895  Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days) on October - 10.   

1897  Lamar Stringfield, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history iR Johnson patents bicycle frame   

1900  On October - 10 helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)   

1901  On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor   

1902  On this day in history s Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht   

1903  On October - 10 charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince   

1904  On October - 10 liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC   

1905  Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan) on October - 10.   

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1344  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.   

1684  On October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on October - 10.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.