Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on April - 10.   

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  William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic on April - 10.   

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 April - 10.   

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 April - 10.   

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

1794  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 10 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 April - 10.   

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on April - 10.   

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

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 April - 10.   

1827  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) on April - 10.   

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

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on this day in history.   

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

1847  The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on April - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

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  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.   

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

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

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.   

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