Historical Events In February - 10

1876  On February - 10 johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on February - 10.   

1878  On February - 10 peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on February - 10.   

1879  First electric arc light used (California Theater) on February - 10.   

1879  Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo on February - 10.   

1879  On this day in history 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)   

1879  On this day in history franz Carl Bornschein, composer   

1880  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage   

1880  On February - 10 jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine   

1881  Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris on February - 10.   

1882  On February - 10 rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg   

1883  On this day in history fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71   

1883  On this day in history fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71   

1884  On this day in history herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)   

1887  [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9] on February - 10.   

1887  On February - 10 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

1888  G Ungaretti, writer on this day in history.   

1889  On February - 10 howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)   

1890  Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement on February - 10.   

1890  The birth of Boris Pasternak, Russian author on this day in history.   

1890  On February - 10 around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  On this day in history boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]   

1891  On this day in history harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)   

1892  On this day in history alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)   

1893  Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash) on this day in history.   

1894  Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.   

1896  Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy) on February - 10.   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on February - 10.   

1897  On February - 10 new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."   

1897  NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on February - 10.   

1897  John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on February - 10.   

1898  On February - 10 the birth of Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist   

1898  On this day in history bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer   

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1499  On this day in history birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)   

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on February - 10.   

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  On this day in history birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on February - 10.   

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)   

1126  On February - 10 death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)   

1134  On February - 10 robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies   

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on this day in history.   

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on February - 10.   

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1495  Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on February - 10.   

1567  On this day in history death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered