October 10 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1865  John Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

1865  John Hyatts patents billard ball.   

1865  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60.   

1868  Cuba revolts for independence against Spain.   

1868  Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba   

1868  1st written account of a Canadian football game.   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer   

1874  Fiji is recorded as becoming a British possession   

1875  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58.   

1876  Walter Niemann, composer   

1877  General Custer's funeral is held at West Point   

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

1886  The inaugural tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY.   

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

1886  David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies   

1887  Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author   

1888  Teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa).   

1889  Barnard College is founded.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer)   

1889  Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75.   

1892  Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan.   

1892  Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961).   

1893  August Balthazar, Belgian politician   

1895  Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days)   

1897  Lamar Stringfield, composer.   

1899  IR Johnson patents bicycle frame.   

1900  Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)   

1901  Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor   

1902  S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht   

1903  Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince   

1904  Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC.   

1905  Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan)   

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1344  Mary plantagenet: English princess   

1486  Charles iii: Duke of savoy   

1567  Infanta caterina micaela of spain: Infanta caterina micaela of spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob aertsz colom: Dutch publisher (consolation of the sea)   

1678  John campbell: 2nd duke of argyll/fieldmarshal (union of 1707)   

1684  Jean antoine watteau: French rococo painter (onverschillige)   

1700  Lambert-sigisbert adam: French sculptor   

1713  Johann ludwig krebs: Composer   

0019  Death of Julius caesar germanicus: Roman commandant of rijnleger,   

0413  Nicias: Athens politician (peace of nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  Hussein: Grandson of prophet mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul rahman al ghafiqi: Moorish governor of andalusia   

0833  Al-ma'mun: Abbasid caliph of baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  King hugh iv of cyprus: King hugh iv of cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Death of Maria van nassau: Countess of buren,   

1651  Death of Philippus rovenius: [rouveen], apostole,