Historical Events In October - 10

1865  John Hyatts patents the billiard ball on this day in history.   

1865  John Hyatts patents billard ball on this day in history.   

1865  On October - 10 raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal   

1867  On this day in history ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1868  On October - 10 cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

1868  Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba on October - 10.   

1868  1st written account of a Canadian football game on October - 10.   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer on October - 10.   

1874  On October - 10 fiji becomes a British possession   

1875  On October - 10 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

1876  Walter Niemann, composer on this day in history.   

1877  General Custer's funeral is held at West Point on this day in history.   

1884  C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) on this day in history.   

1886  The first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY on October - 10.   

1886  1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (tuxedo) on October - 10.   

1886  On this day in history david L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies   

1887  Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on this day in history.   

1889  On October - 10 barnard College is founded.   

1889  On October - 10 han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer)   

1889  On this day in history adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75   

1892  Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan on this day in history.   

1892  Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961) on this day in history.   

1893  On October - 10 august Balthazar, Belgian politician   

1895  Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days) on this day in history.   

1897  Lamar Stringfield, composer on October - 10.   

1899  IR Johnson patents bicycle frame on October - 10.   

1900  Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor   

1902  S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht on October - 10.   

1903  Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince on October - 10.   

1904  On this day in history liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC   

1905  On this day in history jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan)   

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On October - 10 birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on October - 10.   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.