Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10
Saturday, 22 March 2025
1741 On this day in history prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz
1755 On April - 10 samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1756 On April - 10 giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94
1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) on April - 10.
1784 On April - 10 simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71
1790 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 on this day in history.
1790 US Patent system established on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan on April - 10.
1797 On this day in history claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on April - 10.
1808 On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer
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 April - 10.
1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1823 On this day in history thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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 this day in history.
1827 On this day in history lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)
1829 The birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army on April - 10.
1829 William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on April - 10.
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 10.
1835 On April - 10 charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
1841 On April - 10 the New York Tribune published for the very first time
1841 NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley on April - 10.
1845 On this day in history more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa
1847 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner
1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer on April - 10.
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