Page 3: Historical Events In October - 10

1865  On this day in history john Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

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

1865  On this day in history raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal   

1867  On October - 10 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1868  On this day in history cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

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

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

1868  On this day in history guillermo M Tomas, composer   

1874  Fiji becomes a British possession on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

1876  On this day in history walter Niemann, composer   

1877  On October - 10 general Custer's funeral is held at West Point   

1884  C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) on October - 10.   

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

1886  On this day in history 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (tuxedo)   

1886  David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies on this day in history.   

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  On October - 10 teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1889  Barnard College is founded on October - 10.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) on October - 10.   

1889  Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1892  Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan on October - 10.   

1892  Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961) on October - 10.   

1893  August Balthazar, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

1895  Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days) on October - 10.   

1897  On this day in history lamar Stringfield, composer   

1899  IR Johnson patents bicycle frame on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)   

1901  Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

1902  On October - 10 s Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht   

1903  On this day in history charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince   

1904  On October - 10 liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC   

1905  Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan) on October - 10.   

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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 October - 10.   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on October - 10.   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on this day in history.   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.   

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.