Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On April - 10 prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

1755  On April - 10 samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy   

1756  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 on April - 10.   

1760  On this day in history gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75   

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

1783  Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) on April - 10.   

1784  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 uS Patent system established   

1790  On this day in history robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth   

1794  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan   

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  On April - 10 auguste Franchomme, composer   

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 April - 10.   

1815  Austria declares war on realm of Naples on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history 2nd Bank of US chartered   

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  On April - 10 thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

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

1825  On April - 10 1st hotel in Hawaii opens   

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 this day in history.   

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on this day in history.   

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

1835  Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile on this day in history.   

1841  The New York Tribune published for the very first time on April - 10.   

1841  NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley on April - 10.   

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

1847  The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on this day in history.   

1847  Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer on this day in history.   

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

1512  On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

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  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  On this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

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  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on this day in history.   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.   

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

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

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies