Page 2: Historical Events In April - 10

1741  On April - 10 prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz   

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  Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1778  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

1790  On April - 10 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.   

1790  US Patent system established on April - 10.   

1790  Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.   

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

1797  On April - 10 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

1806  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1808  On April - 10 auguste Franchomme, composer   

1810  Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 10 2nd Bank of US chartered   

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 this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Le¢n   

1825  1st hotel in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

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  On April - 10 lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)   

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

1829  On April - 10 william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)   

1833  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile on this day in history.   

1841  On April - 10 the New York Tribune published for the very first time   

1841  On this day in history nY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley   

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

1847  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

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  On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10.   

1633  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on this day in history.   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

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 April - 10.   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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