Historical Events In August - 10

1801  On August - 10 robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882  

1802  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on August - 10.  

1806  On this day in history johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68  

1808  On August - 10 carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer  

1809  Ecuador declares independence from Spain on this day in history.  

1809  Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) on August - 10.  

1810  Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM on this day in history.  

1814  Jacob Edvard Gille, composer on August - 10.  

1821  Missouri admitted as 24th US state on this day in history.  

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1822  Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die on August - 10.  

1823  Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist on this day in history.  

1827  Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada) on August - 10.  

1831  Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery on August - 10.  

1831  Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery on this day in history.  

1833  On August - 10 chicago incorporates as a village of about 200  

1835  On this day in history mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH  

1835  Gyula Beliczay, composer on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history jose Teodor Vilar, composer  

1840  On August - 10 the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.  

1841  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on August - 10.  

1843  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history kunanbajew, writer  

1846  On this day in history congress charters the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution  

1846  On August - 10 smithsonian Institution founded in the United States  

1846  Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist  

1856  On this day in history hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana  

1856  Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana on this day in history.  

1856  Paul Geisler, composer on August - 10.  

1857  John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.  

1859  On August - 10 george Staunton, writer  

1861  On August - 10 battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed  

1861  Almroth Wright, Yorkshire England, bacteriologist on August - 10.  

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.  

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.  

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  

0794  On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.  

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)  

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.