Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  On January - 10 tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  On January - 10 penny Post mail system is starts   

1845  Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding on this day in history.   

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 this day in history charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London   

1854  Peter Gast, composer on January - 10.   

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on January - 10.   

1855  On January - 10 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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

1861  On January - 10 florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US   

1861  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on January - 10.   

1861  On January - 10 uS forts & property seized by Mississippi   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 1st underground railway opens in London   

1864  On January - 10 george Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]   

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on January - 10.   

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

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

1871  Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) on January - 10.   

1871  Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on this day in history.   

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

1877  On this day in history frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

1878  US Senate proposes female suffrage on this day in history.   

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

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

1502  Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  On January - 10 birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on January - 10.   

1638  Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) was born on January - 10.   

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

0866  On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

0976  On this day in history john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

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

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

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on this day in history.   

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