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 April - 10.   

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

1778  On this day in history william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic   

1783  On this day in history hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)   

1784  Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

1790  On April - 10 uS Patent system established   

1790  Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth on April - 10.   

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

1808  On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  On April - 10 konrad Back, composer, dies at 60   

1812  On April - 10 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.   

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 this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1825  On this day in history nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n   

1825  1st hotel in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

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

1826  On April - 10 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1833  On April - 10 david McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  On this day in history charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile   

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

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 this day in history.   

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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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  On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

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

1651  On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

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  On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

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

0947  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

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

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

1545  On April - 10 death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

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