Page 3: Historical Events In May - 10

1797  The first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched on this day in history.   

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

1798  On this day in history george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40   

1800  On this day in history nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer   

1801  On this day in history first Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.   

1810  On May - 10 james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1813  Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) on this day in history.   

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

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot known for his warning ride on horseback to warn of the British invasion, dies in Boston on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history paul Revere, American patriot, dies   

1820  On May - 10 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  On this day in history 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling   

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

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

1824  On this day in history charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1825  On May - 10 rudolf Viole, composer   

1826  On May - 10 giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86   

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

1830  Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) on May - 10.   

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

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

1837  Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) on this day in history.   

1838  On May - 10 james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman   

1843  Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian on this day in history.   

1849  Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed) on this day in history.   

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

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) on this day in history.   

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

1855  Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] on May - 10.   

1857  Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi on this day in history.   

1857  On May - 10 indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut   

1857  On this day in history hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)   

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1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

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 this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

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

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