Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  On January - 10 penny Post mail system is starts   

1845  On January - 10 poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding   

1846  Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 on January - 10.   

1847  American naval forces occupy Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1850  On January - 10 robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition   

1853  Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history peter Gast, composer   

1855  On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on January - 10.   

1861  Colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers on January - 10.   

1861  Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on January - 10.   

1861  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on this day in history.   

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek) on January - 10.   

1862  The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek) on this day in history.   

1862  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR on this day in history.   

1863  January-uprising begins in Poland on this day in history.   

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on this day in history.   

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on this day in history.   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on this day in history.   

1870  On January - 10 standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

1871  Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) on this day in history.   

1871  On January - 10 pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  On this day in history johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

1876  On January - 10 charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70   

1877  Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) on January - 10.   

1878  On January - 10 uS Senate proposes female suffrage   

1880  On this day in history eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  On January - 10 birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On this day in history birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  On this day in history birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on January - 10.   

0866  Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies on this day in history.   

0976  John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on January - 10.   

1094  On this day in history death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)   

1271  Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on January - 10.   

1276  On this day in history gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on January - 10.   

1645  On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71