Page 2: Historical Events In June - 10
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1720 Mrs Clements of England markets inaugural paste-style mustard. 

1720 Mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard 

1727 George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67 

1735 John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army 

1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning 

1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! 

1760 NY passes inaugural effective law regulating practice of medicine. 

1760 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine. 

1761 Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island. 

1772 Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders. 

1776 The Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence. 

1776 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind. 

1781 Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer. 

1782 Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian 

1786 A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100000 in the Sichuan province of China 

1790 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer 

1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris. 

1794 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Phila, forms. 

1800 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53 

1801 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute 

1805 inaugural Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States. 

1808 Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card). 

1809 The inaugural US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila. 

1809 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila 

1818 Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" 

1819 Gustav Courbet, French painter is born. 

1819 J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine). 

1826 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20000 in Turkey. 

1829 The inaugural Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place 

1831 W A Remy, composer 

1832 Nicholaus Otto, German engineer is born. 

1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India) 

1834 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean. 

1834 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (HP Foundation). 

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