Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on January - 10.   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  Penny Post mail system is starts on this day in history.   

1845  On January - 10 poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding   

1846  Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1847  American naval forces occupy Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1850  Robert McClure & Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition on January - 10.   

1853  On this day in history charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London   

1854  Peter Gast, composer on this day in history.   

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on January - 10.   

1855  On January - 10 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

1861  On January - 10 colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers   

1861  Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops   

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on this day in history.   

1862  On January - 10 battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  The inventor of the Revolver Samuel Colt dies on January - 10.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)   

1862  On January - 10 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

1863  On this day in history general McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR   

1863  January-uprising begins in Poland on this day in history.   

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on January - 10.   

1864  On January - 10 george Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]   

1870  Georgia legislature reconvenes on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history john D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil   

1870  On January - 10 standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

1871  Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria) on January - 10.   

1871  On January - 10 pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on January - 10.   

1876  Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1877  On January - 10 frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

1878  US Senate proposes female suffrage on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On January - 10 birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  On this day in history birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on this day in history.   

0866  Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies on January - 10.   

0976  On January - 10 john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on January - 10.   

1271  Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on this day in history.   

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on this day in history.   

1645  Death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 on this day in history.