Page 3: Historical Events In May - 10

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

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

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

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer on May - 10.   

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

1810  James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

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  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 10 matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49   

1822  August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter on May - 10.   

1823  The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling on May - 10.   

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

1823  John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 on May - 10.   

1824  The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall St on May - 10.   

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

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer on May - 10.   

1826  On this day in history giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86   

1829  On May - 10 thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies   

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

1833  On May - 10 francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74   

1837  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian   

1849  On this day in history pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)   

1849  Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89 on May - 10.   

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) on May - 10.   

1853  On May - 10 sir Hugh Allan's Genova the first steamer of the Allan Line to arrive at Quebec; starts 14-day Montreal-Liverpool mail run   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

1536  On May - 10 birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

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 this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history 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 May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

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

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer