Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy   

1756  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75   

1778  William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic on April - 10.   

1783  Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) on this day in history.   

1784  On April - 10 simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71   

1790  Spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook on April - 10.   

1790  On April - 10 uS Patent system established   

1790  Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth on April - 10.   

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan on April - 10.   

1797  On April - 10 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

1806  On this day in history leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer on April - 10.   

1810  Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history washington DC United States calls out the militia in preparation for a war against Britain that will begin June 18; attack on Upper Canada imminent.   

1815  On April - 10 austria declares war on realm of Naples   

1816  On this day in history 2nd Bank of US chartered   

1821  Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus on April - 10.   

1823  On this day in history thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1825  On this day in history nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n   

1825  On April - 10 1st hotel in Hawaii opens   

1825  Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1826  The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive on April - 10.   

1827  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history the birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army   

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) on April - 10.   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile on this day in history.   

1841  The New York Tribune published for the very first time on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley   

1845  More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa on April - 10.   

1847  On April - 10 the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

1847  Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer on April - 10.   

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1389  On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1651  On April - 10 birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  On this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.