Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

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

1840  Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.   

1840  Penny Post mail system is starts on this day in history.   

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

1846  On this day in history etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75   

1847  On January - 10 american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.   

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

1853  On January - 10 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 this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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  On January - 10 fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops   

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on January - 10.   

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

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

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  On January - 10 general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR   

1863  On this day in history january-uprising begins in Poland   

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

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

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

1870  On this day in history georgia legislature reconvenes   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on January - 10.   

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

1876  On January - 10 johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

1876  Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on January - 10.   

1877  On this day in history 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  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1628  On January - 10 birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on January - 10.   

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  On this day in history 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 January - 10.