Page 2: Historical Events In July - 10

1686  Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 on July - 10.   

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  On this day in history bridget Bishop first Salem witch hung   

1692  Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged on this day in history.   

1697  Francois Hanot, composer on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history william Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries)   

1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to Isle of Skye   

1759  Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer on July - 10.   

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

1762  On this day in history johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76   

1775  On this day in history horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army   

1778  American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain on July - 10.   

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

1779  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer on July - 10.   

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

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

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

1797  On July - 10 pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)   

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  On this day in history emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France   

1818  John Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army) on July - 10.   

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

1821  Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General (Union volunteers) on July - 10.   

1824  Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician on July - 10.   

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

1830  On this day in history camille Pissaro, Danish Antillean/French painter (impressionism)   

1832  On July - 10 pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US   

1833  Lucius Eugene Polk, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history james A McNeill Whistler, US/British painter (Whistler's Mother)   

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

1838  Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 on this day in history.   

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1419  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)   

1452  King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) was born on July - 10.   

1509  On July - 10 birth of john Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian   

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

1526  Philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien was born on July - 10.   

1592  On July - 10 birth of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)   

1614  Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) was born on July - 10.   

1625  On this day in history birth of jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)   

0138  Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies on this day in history.   

0518  On this day in history anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies   

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  Death of Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered on July - 10.   

1099  Death of El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) on this day in history.   

1103  Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies on July - 10.   

1290  Death of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) on this day in history.