Page 3: Historical Events In June - 15
Friday, 10 April 2026
1836 Arkansas is recorded as becoming the 25th state admitted to the U.S. 

1836 Arkansas is recorded as becoming 25th state. 

1839 Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41. 

1843 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One). 

1844 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber. 

1844 Vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear 

1844 Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber 

1844 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66. 

1845 Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60. 

1846 Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N. 

1849 James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53 

1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up inaugural ice-cream factory 

1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory. 

1856 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73. 

1857 SF Water Works organized 

1858 Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63. 

1859 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers 

1860 The inaugural White settlement in Idaho (Franklin) 

1860 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin). 

1861 Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry 

1862 Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan". 

1863 2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities 

1864 Arlington National Cemetary is established by an order signed by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 

1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line. 

1864 Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) is recorded as becoming a miltary cemetery 

1864 -17] Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia 

1864 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer/=. 

1865 L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker 

1865 Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide. 

1866 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #88 Thisbe 

1866 Prussia attacks Austria. 

1867 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana. 

1867 K Balmont, writer. 

1869 Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY. 

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