Page 3: 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  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  On this day in history american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.   

1850  On January - 10 robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition   

1853  Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1862  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on January - 10.   

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  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  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on this day in history.   

1870  On January - 10 georgia legislature reconvenes   

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

1870  On this day in history standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

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  On this day in history johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

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  On this day in history uS Senate proposes female suffrage   

1880  On January - 10 eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  On January - 10 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  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  On January - 10 gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

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