Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On April - 10 prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

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

1756  On April - 10 giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94   

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  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 April - 10.   

1790  Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.   

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

1815  On April - 10 austria declares war on realm of Naples   

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

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

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 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  On April - 10 lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)   

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

1829  On April - 10 william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

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

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 April - 10 more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa   

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

1633  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.   

1695  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on this day in history.   

0947  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on April - 10.   

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

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61   

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

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.