Page 2: Historical Events In July - 10

1686  Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet   

1690  Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet on this day in history.   

1690  Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1692  Bridget Bishop first Salem witch hung on this day in history.   

1692  Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged on July - 10.   

1697  Francois Hanot, composer on this day in history.   

1723  William Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries) on July - 10.   

1746  On July - 10 bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to Isle of Skye   

1759  On this day in history eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer   

1762  On July - 10 roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey   

1762  On July - 10 johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76   

1775  Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army on July - 10.   

1778  American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain on this day in history.   

1778  Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master on July - 10.   

1779  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer   

1792  George Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49) on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss discovers that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers.   

1797  1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila on July - 10.   

1797  Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull) on July - 10.   

1800  The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent on July - 10.   

1806  The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company on this day in history.   

1810  Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France on this day in history.   

1818  On July - 10 john Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1820  On this day in history andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1821  Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician   

1826  On July - 10 theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer   

1830  Camille Pissaro, Danish Antillean/French painter (impressionism) on this day in history.   

1832  Pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US on this day in history.   

1833  On July - 10 lucius Eugene Polk, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1834  James A McNeill Whistler, US/British painter (Whistler's Mother) on this day in history.   

1835  On July - 10 henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou)   

1838  On July - 10 willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43   

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1419  On July - 10 birth of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)   

1452  King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) was born on this day in history.   

1509  John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian was born on this day in history.   

1517  On July - 10 birth of odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop   

1526  On this day in history birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

1592  Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1614  On July - 10 birth of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)   

1625  Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) was born on July - 10.   

0138  On this day in history publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies   

0518  Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0649  Death of Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) on this day in history.   

0983  On this day in history benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies   

1086  On July - 10 death of knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered   

1099  Death of El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) on July - 10.   

1103  On this day in history erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies   

1290  Death of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) on July - 10.