Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  On this day in history tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

1840  Penny Post mail system started on January - 10.   

1840  Penny Post mail system is starts on January - 10.   

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

1846  On January - 10 etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75   

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

1850  Robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition on this day in history.   

1853  On January - 10 charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London   

1854  Peter Gast, composer on January - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers   

1861  Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies on January - 10.   

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

1863  General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR on January - 10.   

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

1863  On this day in history the first underground railway opens in London   

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on January - 10.   

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on January - 10.   

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on this day in history.   

1870  On January - 10 john D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil   

1870  Standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller on January - 10.   

1871  On January - 10 enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

1871  On this day in history pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on January - 10.   

1876  Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1877  On January - 10 frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

1878  On January - 10 uS Senate proposes female suffrage   

1880  Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) on this day in history.   

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1480  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On January - 10 birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  On January - 10 birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)   

1573  On this day in history birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)   

1607  On this day in history birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter) was born on January - 10.   

1638  On January - 10 birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

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

0681  On this day in history agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1094  On January - 10 death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)   

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

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on January - 10.   

1542  On January - 10 death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59   

1645  Death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 on this day in history.