Page 3: Historical Events In May - 10

1797  On May - 10 the first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

1797  1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched on May - 10.   

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer on this day in history.   

1801  First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 10 james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1813  Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history english steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor   

1818  On this day in history paul Revere, American patriot known for his warning ride on horseback to warn of the British invasion, dies in Boston   

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 10 matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49   

1822  On May - 10 august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter   

1823  The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling   

1823  On May - 10 john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900   

1824  On May - 10 the National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall St   

1824  On May - 10 charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer on May - 10.   

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10.   

1829  On May - 10 thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies   

1830  On May - 10 francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)   

1833  On May - 10 francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74   

1837  On May - 10 panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.   

1837  On this day in history pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

1838  James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman on May - 10.   

1843  On May - 10 kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian   

1849  On May - 10 pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)   

1849  Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history sir Hugh Allan's Genova the first steamer of the Allan Line to arrive at Quebec; starts 14-day Montreal-Liverpool mail run   

1855  On May - 10 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

1857  Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi on May - 10.   

1857  On May - 10 indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut   

1857  Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer) on May - 10.   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

1724  On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer