Page 3: Historical Events In January - 10

1839  On January - 10 tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

1840  On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

1845  Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding on January - 10.   

1846  On January - 10 etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75   

1847  On this day in history american naval forces occupy Los Angeles.   

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 January - 10.   

1855  On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on January - 10.   

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  Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on January - 10.   

1861  US forts & property seized by Mississippi on January - 10.   

1862  Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek) on this day in history.   

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

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

1863  January-uprising begins in Poland on January - 10.   

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

1863  1st underground railway opens in London on this day in history.   

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

1870  On January - 10 georgia legislature reconvenes   

1870  John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil on January - 10.   

1870  On January - 10 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 January - 10 pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41   

1876  Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith on this day in history.   

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  On January - 10 uS Senate proposes female suffrage   

1880  Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause) on January - 10.   

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

1502  Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) was born on January - 10.   

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

1573  On January - 10 birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on January - 10.   

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  Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) was born on January - 10.   

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

0866  On January - 10 lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

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

1094  On this day in history death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)   

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 January - 10.   

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