Page 3: Historical Events In October - 10

1865  On October - 10 john Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

1865  John Hyatts patents billard ball on this day in history.   

1865  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1868  On October - 10 cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

1868  On this day in history declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba   

1868  On October - 10 1st written account of a Canadian football game   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Fiji becomes a British possession on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

1876  Walter Niemann, composer on October - 10.   

1877  On this day in history general Custer's funeral is held at West Point   

1884  On October - 10 c "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11)   

1886  On October - 10 the first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY   

1886  On October - 10 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (tuxedo)   

1886  On October - 10 david L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies   

1887  On this day in history rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author   

1888  On October - 10 teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on October - 10.   

1889  On October - 10 barnard College is founded.   

1889  On October - 10 han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer)   

1889  On October - 10 adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75   

1892  On this day in history entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan   

1892  Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961) on this day in history.   

1893  August Balthazar, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days)   

1897  Lamar Stringfield, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history iR Johnson patents bicycle frame   

1900  Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday) on this day in history.   

1901  Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor on October - 10.   

1902  On this day in history s Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht   

1903  On this day in history charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince   

1904  Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan)   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on October - 10.   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on this day in history.   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.   

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on October - 10.   

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77