Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

1840  Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

1845  Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding on January - 10.   

1846  On this day in history etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75   

1847  On this day in history american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.   

1850  On this day in history robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition   

1853  Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London on January - 10.   

1854  On January - 10 peter Gast, composer   

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on January - 10.   

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on January - 10.   

1861  On this day in history colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers   

1861  Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on January - 10.   

1861  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on January - 10.   

1861  On this day in history uS forts & property seized by Mississippi   

1862  On this day in history battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies on this day in history.   

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR on this day in history.   

1863  January-uprising begins in Poland on January - 10.   

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on January - 10.   

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on this day in history.   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on this day in history.   

1870  On January - 10 standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

1871  On this day in history enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

1871  On January - 10 pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  On this day in history johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

1876  Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on January - 10.   

1877  On January - 10 frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

1878  US Senate proposes female suffrage on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On January - 10 birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on January - 10.   

1628  On January - 10 birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  On this day in history birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

1638  Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on this day in history.   

0866  On January - 10 lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

0976  On this day in history john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51   

1094  On January - 10 death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)   

1271  Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on this day in history.   

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on January - 10.   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on January - 10.   

1645  On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71