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

1798  On May - 10 george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40   

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer on this day in history.   

1801  On May - 10 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  On this day in history montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)   

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 May - 10.   

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.   

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on May - 10.   

1822  August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter on this day in history.   

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

1823  On May - 10 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling   

1823  John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 10 charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer on this day in history.   

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

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on this day in history.   

1830  Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74   

1837  Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels on May - 10.   

1837  On May - 10 pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

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  On this day in history katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89   

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

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

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

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

1724  On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

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

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

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 May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

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