Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on April - 10.   

1755  On this day in history samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy   

1756  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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

1778  On April - 10 william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on April - 10.   

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer on April - 10.   

1810  On this day in history konrad Back, composer, dies at 60   

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  Austria declares war on realm of Naples on April - 10.   

1816  2nd Bank of US chartered on this day in history.   

1821  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 on April - 10.   

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on April - 10.   

1825  On April - 10 nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n   

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

1825  Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 on April - 10.   

1826  On this day in history 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.   

1827  On April - 10 lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)   

1829  The birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army on this day in history.   

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on April - 10.   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile on April - 10.   

1841  The New York Tribune published for the very first time on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley   

1845  On April - 10 more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa   

1847  On April - 10 the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

1847  On April - 10 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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

1695  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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