Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

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 this day in history poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding   

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

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

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

1853  Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London on January - 10.   

1854  Peter Gast, composer on this day in history.   

1855  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on this day in history.   

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1861  On January - 10 florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US   

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

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

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek) on January - 10.   

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  Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on January - 10.   

1863  General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR on this day in history.   

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

1863  The first underground railway opens in London on January - 10.   

1863  On this day in history 1st underground railway opens in London   

1864  George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history georgia legislature reconvenes   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history standard Oil is incorporated by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller.   

1871  On this day in history enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)   

1871  On this day in history pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  On January - 10 johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith   

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

1877  On this day in history frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)   

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

1880  On January - 10 eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)   

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1480  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 10.   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  On January - 10 birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  On January - 10 birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  On January - 10 birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on January - 10.   

0866  On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

0976  John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies   

1276  On this day in history gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

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

1645  On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71