Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On this day in history prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

1755  On April - 10 samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy   

1756  On April - 10 giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94   

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 this day in history.   

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

1784  On this day in history simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71   

1790  On April - 10 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.   

1790  US Patent system established on this day in history.   

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

1794  On April - 10 matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan   

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  On April - 10 auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  On April - 10 konrad Back, composer, dies at 60   

1812  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 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history austria declares war on realm of Naples   

1816  On April - 10 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 April - 10 thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1825  Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n on April - 10.   

1825  On April - 10 1st hotel in Hawaii opens   

1825  On this day in history paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53   

1826  On this day in history 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.   

1827  On this day in history lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)   

1829  On April - 10 the birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army   

1829  On this day in history william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 10.   

1835  On this day in history charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile   

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

1841  NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 10 more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.   

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  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

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

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies