Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on January - 10.   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  Penny Post mail system is starts on January - 10.   

1845  Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding on this day in history.   

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

1847  American naval forces occupy Los Angeles on January - 10.   

1850  Robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition on January - 10.   

1853  On this day in history charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London   

1854  On January - 10 peter Gast, composer   

1855  On January - 10 peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

1855  On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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

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

1861  On this day in history fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops   

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

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek) on January - 10.   

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

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek) on this day in history.   

1862  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on January - 10.   

1863  On January - 10 general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR   

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

1863  On this day in history the first underground railway opens in London   

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  On January - 10 georgia legislature reconvenes   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on January - 10.   

1870  Standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller on this day in history.   

1871  Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) on this day in history.   

1871  Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on January - 10.   

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 this day in history frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

1878  US Senate proposes female suffrage on January - 10.   

1880  On January - 10 eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on January - 10.   

1502  On this day in history birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  On January - 10 birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)   

1573  On this day in history birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)   

1607  On this day in history birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on January - 10.   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  On this day in history agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies   

0866  Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies on this day in history.   

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

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

1271  Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on January - 10.   

1276  On this day in history gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on this day in history.   

1645  Death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 on January - 10.