Page 3: Historical Events In October - 10

1865  On October - 10 john Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

1865  On this day in history john Hyatts patents billard ball   

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 this day in history cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

1868  On October - 10 declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba   

1868  1st written account of a Canadian football game on this day in history.   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer on this day in history.   

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

1875  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1876  Walter Niemann, composer on October - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1886  On October - 10 the first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY   

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

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

1887  On this day in history rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author   

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

1888  On October - 10 teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1889  On October - 10 barnard College is founded.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) on this day in history.   

1889  On October - 10 adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75   

1892  On October - 10 entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan   

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

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  On October - 10 iR Johnson patents bicycle frame   

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

1901  On October - 10 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 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  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On this day in history 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 October - 10.   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

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

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

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

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77