Page 4: Historical Events In February - 10

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on February - 10.   

1879  First electric arc light used (California Theater) on February - 10.   

1879  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo   

1879  On this day in history 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)   

1879  On this day in history franz Carl Bornschein, composer   

1880  On February - 10 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage   

1880  On this day in history jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine   

1881  Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris on February - 10.   

1882  Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1883  Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71 on February - 10.   

1883  Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71 on February - 10.   

1884  Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila) on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 10 [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]   

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  G Ungaretti, writer on this day in history.   

1889  On February - 10 howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)   

1890  On February - 10 around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  The birth of Boris Pasternak, Russian author on February - 10.   

1890  On February - 10 around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS] on this day in history.   

1891  Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52) on February - 10.   

1892  On this day in history alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)   

1893  On February - 10 jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)   

1894  Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on February - 10.   

1896  Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy) on this day in history.   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print." on February - 10.   

1897  On this day in history nY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"   

1897  John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on February - 10.   

1898  On February - 10 the birth of Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist   

1898  Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer on this day in history.   

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On February - 10 birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)   

1606  On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on February - 10.   

1637  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

1670  On February - 10 birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter   

1670  On February - 10 birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)   

1685  On February - 10 birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)   

1126  On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)   

1134  Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on February - 10.   

1162  On February - 10 boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies   

1242  On February - 10 death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)   

1278  On February - 10 death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on February - 10.   

1495  Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on this day in history.   

1567  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on February - 10.