Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

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

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

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 January - 10.   

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

1850  On January - 10 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  On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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

1861  On this day in history 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  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  Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek) on January - 10.   

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

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek) on January - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

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

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 10.   

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

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 January - 10.   

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1480  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies   

1276  On January - 10 gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on January - 10.   

1645  On January - 10 death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71