Page 4: Historical Events In February - 10

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 10 peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres   

1878  Peace of Zanjón on this day in history.   

1879  First electric arc light used (California Theater) on February - 10.   

1879  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo   

1879  1st electric arc light used (California Theater) on February - 10.   

1879  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer on February - 10.   

1880  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine   

1881  Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris on February - 10.   

1882  Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1883  On February - 10 fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71   

1883  Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71 on this day in history.   

1884  Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila) on this day in history.   

1887  [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9] on February - 10.   

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  G Ungaretti, writer on this day in history.   

1889  Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement   

1890  The birth of Boris Pasternak, Russian author on this day in history.   

1890  Around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]   

1891  Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52) on this day in history.   

1892  Alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood) on February - 10.   

1893  Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash) on this day in history.   

1894  Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 10 olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)   

1897  On this day in history new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"   

1897  New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print." on this day in history.   

1897  NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 10 john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)   

1898  On this day in history the birth of Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist   

1898  Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer on this day in history.   

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1499  On February - 10 birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)   

1524  On February - 10 birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)   

1606  On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on this day in history.   

1670  On February - 10 birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter   

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)   

1685  On this day in history birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)   

1126  Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on February - 10.   

1134  On February - 10 robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies   

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on this day in history.   

1242  On February - 10 death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)   

1278  On this day in history death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on February - 10.   

1495  On this day in history death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy   

1567  On this day in history death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered