Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On this day in history prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy on April - 10.   

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

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

1778  On April - 10 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  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  US Patent system established on this day in history.   

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

1794  On April - 10 matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan   

1797  On April - 10 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

1806  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on April - 10.   

1808  On April - 10 auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 on April - 10.   

1812  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 austria declares war on realm of Naples   

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

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

1825  On this day in history 1st hotel in Hawaii opens   

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

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 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  On April - 10 william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

1833  On this day in history 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 April - 10.   

1841  NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley on this day in history.   

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 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 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  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1651  On April - 10 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 this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  On April - 10 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 this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

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

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

1545  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

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