Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On this day in history prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

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

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

1760  Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

1784  On April - 10 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  US Patent system established on this day in history.   

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

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

1808  On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1825  Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n on this day in history.   

1825  1st hotel in Hawaii opens on April - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on April - 10.   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 10.   

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 this day in history more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa   

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 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  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

1656  On April - 10 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 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  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

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

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