Page 3: Historical Events In August - 10

1801  On this day in history robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882   

1802  On this day in history aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77   

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.   

1808  Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer on August - 10.   

1809  Ecuador declares independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1809  Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM   

1814  On August - 10 jacob Edvard Gille, composer   

1821  On August - 10 missouri admitted as 24th US state   

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on August - 10.   

1822  Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history charles Keene, Hornsey, artist   

1827  On this day in history race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)   

1831  On August - 10 former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery   

1831  On this day in history former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery   

1833  Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH   

1835  Gyula Beliczay, composer on August - 10.   

1836  On this day in history jose Teodor Vilar, composer   

1840  On this day in history the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.   

1841  On this day in history hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37   

1843  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history kunanbajew, writer   

1846  Congress charters the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution on this day in history.   

1846  Smithsonian Institution founded in the United States on August - 10.   

1846  On this day in history congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution   

1854  J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana   

1856  On this day in history hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana   

1856  Paul Geisler, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 10 john Wilson Croker, politician   

1859  On August - 10 george Staunton, writer   

1861  Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed on August - 10.   

1861  On August - 10 almroth Wright, Yorkshire England, bacteriologist   

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)   

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)   

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.