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 January - 10.   

1840  On January - 10 penny Post mail system is starts   

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

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

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

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

1854  On January - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1861  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 10.   

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

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on January - 10.   

1870  On this day in history 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 January - 10.   

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  Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1573  On January - 10 birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)   

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 January - 10.   

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

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 January - 10.   

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  On this day in history otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies   

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

1542  On this day in history death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59   

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