Page 4: Historical Events In February - 10

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on this day in history.   

1878  Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 10 peace of Zanjón   

1879  First electric arc light used (California Theater) on this day in history.   

1879  On February - 10 henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo   

1879  1st electric arc light used (California Theater) on February - 10.   

1879  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer on February - 10.   

1880  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage   

1880  Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine on this day in history.   

1881  Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris on February - 10.   

1882  Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1883  On February - 10 fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71   

1883  Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)   

1887  On February - 10 [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]   

1887  On February - 10 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

1888  On this day in history g Ungaretti, writer   

1889  Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom) on February - 10.   

1890  On February - 10 around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  On this day in history the birth of Boris Pasternak, Russian author.   

1890  On February - 10 around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS] on February - 10.   

1891  Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)   

1893  Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash) on February - 10.   

1894  Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.   

1896  Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy) on this day in history.   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print." on this day in history.   

1897  NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.   

1897  John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on February - 10.   

1898  The birth of Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer   

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on February - 10.   

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On February - 10 birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on February - 10.   

1637  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on this day in history.   

1126  On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)   

1134  On this day in history robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies   

1162  On this day in history boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies   

1242  On February - 10 death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)   

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.   

1482  On February - 10 luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81   

1495  On February - 10 death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy   

1567  On February - 10 death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered