Page 4: Historical Events In August - 10

1861  On August - 10 nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43   

1862  Battle of Nueces River TX on this day in history.   

1865  Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) on this day in history.   

1866  Transatlantic cable laid on this day in history.   

1866  Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on August - 10.   

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history o B Brown patents moving picture projector   

1869  On this day in history lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)   

1874  The birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US on this day in history.   

1874  Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) on August - 10.   

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66   

1876  1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada on August - 10.   

1877  On August - 10 first use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements.   

1877  On August - 10 big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians   

1877  On this day in history rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance   

1880  On August - 10 clarence Cameron White, composer   

1881  Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder on August - 10.   

1882  On this day in history max Kowalski, composer   

1883  First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.   

1883  Carlos Lavin, composer on August - 10.   

1884  In New York City, a 5.5 earthquake caused large cracks in walls at Amityville and Jamaica (intensity VII). The shock was felt strongly at New York City on this day in history.   

1885  Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on August - 10.   

1886  Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement on this day in history.   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) on August - 10.   

1888  NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record on August - 10.   

1888  On this day in history johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)   

1889  On August - 10 dan Rylands patents screw cap   

1889  On August - 10 cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer   

1891  On this day in history henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)   

1893  Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act on this day in history.   

1893  Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act on August - 10.   

1893  Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) on this day in history.   

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.   

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

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

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

1489  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

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

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.   

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

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned