Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On April - 10 prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy on this day in history.   

1756  On this day in history giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94   

1760  Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on April - 10.   

1778  William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic on this day in history.   

1783  On April - 10 hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)   

1784  On April - 10 simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71   

1790  On April - 10 spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook.   

1790  On this day in history uS Patent system established   

1790  On April - 10 robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth   

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan on this day in history.   

1797  Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on April - 10.   

1806  On April - 10 leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer on April - 10.   

1810  Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1812  Washington DC United States calls out the militia in preparation for a war against Britain that will begin June 18; attack on Upper Canada imminent on this day in history.   

1815  On April - 10 austria declares war on realm of Naples   

1816  2nd Bank of US chartered on April - 10.   

1821  On this day in history patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.   

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1825  Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n on this day in history.   

1825  1st hotel in Hawaii opens on April - 10.   

1825  On this day in history paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53   

1826  The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive on April - 10.   

1827  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) on this day in history.   

1829  The birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army on April - 10.   

1829  On this day in history william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 10.   

1835  On April - 10 charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile   

1841  On this day in history the New York Tribune published for the very first time   

1841  On April - 10 nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley   

1845  More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa on April - 10.   

1847  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

1847  On this day in history charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.   

1512  On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10.   

1633  On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.   

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on April - 10.   

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.   

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.