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

1690  On this day in history domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39   

1692  On this day in history bridget Bishop first Salem witch hung   

1692  On July - 10 bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged   

1697  Francois Hanot, composer on July - 10.   

1723  William Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries) on this day in history.   

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

1759  Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer on this day in history.   

1762  Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1762  Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 on July - 10.   

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 July - 10.   

1778  On this day in history sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master   

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  Carl Friedrich Gauss discovers that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers on July - 10.   

1797  1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1806  The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company on July - 10.   

1810  Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France on July - 10.   

1818  On this day in history john Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1820  Andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on July - 10.   

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

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

1826  On this day in history theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer   

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

1832  On this day in history pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US   

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

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  On this day in history willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43   

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1419  Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 10 birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

1592  On this day in history 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 July - 10.   

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 July - 10.   

0983  On July - 10 benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies   

1086  On this day in history death of knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered   

1099  On July - 10 death of el Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)   

1103  On July - 10 erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies   

1290  On July - 10 death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)