Historical Events In October - 10

1865  On this day in history john Hyatts patents the billiard ball   

1865  On this day in history john Hyatts patents billard ball   

1865  On October - 10 raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

1868  Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba on this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history guillermo M Tomas, composer   

1874  Fiji becomes a British possession on October - 10.   

1875  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58 on October - 10.   

1876  Walter Niemann, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1886  The first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY on October - 10.   

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  Teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on this day in history.   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on this day in history.   

1889  Barnard College is founded on October - 10.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) on October - 10.   

1889  Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75 on October - 10.   

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

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

1893  August Balthazar, Belgian politician on October - 10.   

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 October - 10 iR Johnson patents bicycle frame   

1900  On this day in history helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)   

1901  On this day in history albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor   

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

1903  On October - 10 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 October - 10 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  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 10.   

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  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on October - 10.   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

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

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

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

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on October - 10.   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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