Page 4: Historical Events In August - 10

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Nueces River TX   

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

1866  On August - 10 transatlantic cable laid   

1866  Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on August - 10.   

1867  On August - 10 ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867   

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

1869  Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds) on this day in history.   

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

1874  On this day in history herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933)   

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians on this day in history.   

1877  Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.   

1880  Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.   

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

1882  On August - 10 max Kowalski, composer   

1883  First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer   

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  Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on August - 10.   

1886  On this day in history hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) on August - 10.   

1888  NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record on August - 10.   

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

1889  On August - 10 dan Rylands patents screw cap   

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

1891  On this day in history henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)   

1893  On August - 10 chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act   

1893  Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act on this day in history.   

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

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)   

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.   

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned