Page 3: Historical Events In May - 10

1797  On May - 10 the first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

1797  On May - 10 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched   

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on May - 10.   

1800  On May - 10 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer   

1801  On May - 10 first Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.   

1810  On this day in history james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1813  On May - 10 montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)   

1816  English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor on May - 10.   

1818  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot known for his warning ride on horseback to warn of the British invasion, dies in Boston   

1818  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies   

1820  On this day in history matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49   

1822  On May - 10 august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter   

1823  On May - 10 the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling   

1823  1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900   

1824  On this day in history the National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall St   

1824  Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

1825  On May - 10 rudolf Viole, composer   

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10.   

1829  On this day in history thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies   

1830  On May - 10 francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)   

1833  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1837  Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels on this day in history.   

1837  Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) on May - 10.   

1838  James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian   

1849  On May - 10 pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)   

1849  Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)   

1853  Sir Hugh Allan's Genova the first steamer of the Allan Line to arrive at Quebec; starts 14-day Montreal-Liverpool mail run on this day in history.   

1855  On May - 10 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

1857  Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi on May - 10.   

1857  On this day in history indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut   

1857  On May - 10 hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  On this day in history death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer