Historical Events In March - 10
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1762 French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform on March - 10.
1771 On March - 10 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe)
1772 On this day in history friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)
1776 On March - 10 luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III
1780 Juan Jose Landaeta, composer on March - 10.
1787 William Etty, English painter (nudes) on this day in history.
1788 On March - 10 joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)
1789 On this day in history franklin College founded
1791 John Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver on this day in history.
1791 On March - 10 pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy
1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.
1792 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1793 On March - 10 lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth dine on boiled black squirrel, porcupine, roasted passenger pigeon, raccoon, fish, beef and veal
1801 First census in Great Britain on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history william David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864
1810 On March - 10 john McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U)
1812 On March - 10 victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
1813 Six companies of the 104th Regiment of Foot, plus 4th New Brunswick Regiment, start 52-day march overland to the St. Lawrence in winter; travel on snowshoes, pulling supplies on toboggans, lose only one man, arriving in Kingston April 12 on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history george Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867
1819 On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies
1822 On this day in history willem Roelofs, Dutch painter/lithographer
1824 Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 on this day in history.
1826 On March - 10 johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
1830 On this day in history the KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria on March - 10.
1832 On March - 10 william Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1832 Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1839 On March - 10 dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer
1842 Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif on this day in history.
1844 On March - 10 pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing)
1845 On this day in history alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94)
1846 Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.
1847 The first money minted in Hawaii on this day in history.
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