Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on this day in history.  

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94  

1760  On April - 10 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  On April - 10 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 this day in history robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth  

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

1797  Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on this day in history.  

1806  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

1808  On April - 10 auguste Franchomme, composer  

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

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

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

1821  On April - 10 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.  

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

1825  Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n on April - 10.  

1825  On April - 10 1st hotel in Hawaii opens  

1825  On April - 10 paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53  

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  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history the birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army  

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

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

1835  On April - 10 charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile  

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

1841  On April - 10 nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley  

1845  More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)  

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

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.  

1583  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy  

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies  

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.  

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