Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on April - 10.   

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy on this day in history.   

1756  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 on April - 10.   

1760  Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on April - 10.   

1778  On April - 10 william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic   

1783  On this day in history hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)   

1784  Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1790  Spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history uS Patent system established   

1790  On April - 10 robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth   

1794  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan   

1797  Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on April - 10.   

1806  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on April - 10.   

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer on April - 10.   

1810  On this day in history konrad Back, composer, dies at 60   

1812  Washington DC United States calls out the militia in preparation for a war against Britain that will begin June 18; attack on Upper Canada imminent on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history austria declares war on realm of Naples   

1816  2nd Bank of US chartered on April - 10.   

1821  On this day in history patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.   

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n   

1825  1st hotel in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

1825  Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history the 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.   

1827  On this day in history lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)   

1829  On April - 10 the birth of William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army   

1829  On April - 10 william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 10.   

1835  On April - 10 charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile   

1841  The New York Tribune published for the very first time on April - 10.   

1841  On April - 10 nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley   

1845  On April - 10 more than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa   

1847  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

1847  On this day in history charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

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1389  On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)   

1512  On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

1656  On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  On this day in history frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.   

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies