Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on January - 10.  

1840  Penny Post mail system started on January - 10.  

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

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

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 January - 10 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 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  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 this day in history.  

1863  On January - 10 january-uprising begins in Poland  

1863  On January - 10 the first underground railway opens in London  

1863  On this day in history 1st underground railway opens in London  

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

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on January - 10.  

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

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  On January - 10 uS Senate proposes female suffrage  

1880  Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) on January - 10.  

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

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

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

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

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

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)  

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

0866  On January - 10 lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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