Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz on this day in history.   

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy on April - 10.   

1756  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1760  On April - 10 gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75   

1778  On this day in history william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic   

1783  Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) on April - 10.   

1784  Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 on April - 10.   

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 April - 10.   

1790  On this day in history uS Patent system established   

1790  On this day in history robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth   

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan on April - 10.   

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

1806  On April - 10 leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1808  On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  On April - 10 konrad Back, composer, dies at 60   

1812  On this day in history 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.   

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

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

1821  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 on April - 10.   

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on April - 10.   

1825  Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history 1st hotel in Hawaii opens   

1825  On April - 10 paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53   

1826  On April - 10 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  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) on this day in history.   

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

1829  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the New York Tribune published for the very first time   

1841  NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley on this day in history.   

1845  More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa on this day in history.   

1847  The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

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  On April - 10 birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

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  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

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

1545  On April - 10 death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies