Historical Events In January - 10

1839  On January - 10 tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

1845  Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding on January - 10.   

1846  On January - 10 etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75   

1847  On this day in history american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.   

1850  On this day in history robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition   

1853  Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London on January - 10.   

1854  On this day in history peter Gast, composer   

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on January - 10.   

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on January - 10.   

1861  On January - 10 colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers   

1861  On January - 10 florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US   

1861  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on January - 10.   

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on January - 10.   

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies on January - 10.   

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  On January - 10 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

1863  On this day in history general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR   

1863  On this day in history january-uprising begins in Poland   

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on January - 10.   

1870  On this day in history georgia legislature reconvenes   

1870  On January - 10 john D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil   

1870  On this day in history standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

1871  On January - 10 enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

1871  Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 on January - 10.   

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on January - 10.   

1876  Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1877  Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) on January - 10.   

1878  On January - 10 uS Senate proposes female suffrage   

1880  On this day in history eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  On January - 10 birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On January - 10 birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)   

1607  On January - 10 birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  On January - 10 birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

1638  Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

0681  On this day in history agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies   

0866  On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

0976  On January - 10 john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies   

1276  On January - 10 gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on January - 10.   

1645  On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71