Historical Events In August - 10

1861  On August - 10 nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  On August - 10 battle of Nueces River TX  

1865  Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) on this day in history.  

1866  Transatlantic cable laid on this day in history.  

1866  On August - 10 transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria  

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.  

1869  On August - 10 o B Brown patents moving picture projector  

1869  On August - 10 lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)  

1874  On this day in history the birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US  

1874  On August - 10 herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933)  

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10.  

1876  1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada on August - 10.  

1877  First use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements on August - 10.  

1877  On August - 10 big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

1877  On August - 10 rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance  

1880  On August - 10 clarence Cameron White, composer  

1881  Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder on this day in history.  

1882  Max Kowalski, composer on August - 10.  

1883  First train reaches Calgary on August - 10.  

1883  Carlos Lavin, composer on August - 10.  

1884  On August - 10 in New York City, a 5.5 earthquake caused large cracks in walls at Amityville and Jamaica (intensity VII). The shock was felt strongly at New York City  

1885  On this day in history leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)  

1886  Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85  

1887  On this day in history excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois  

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record  

1888  Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.  

1889  Dan Rylands patents screw cap on August - 10.  

1889  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer on this day in history.  

1891  On August - 10 henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)  

1893  On this day in history chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act  

1893  Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act on August - 10.  

1893  Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) on this day in history.  

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on this day in history.  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on August - 10.  

1360  On this day in history birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

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 this day in history.  

1520  On August - 10 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  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.  

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.  

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

1250  On this day in history death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.  

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned