Page 3: Historical Events In October - 10

1865  John Hyatts patents the billiard ball on October - 10.   

1865  John Hyatts patents billard ball on this day in history.   

1865  On October - 10 raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1868  Cuba revolts for independence against Spain on October - 10.   

1868  On October - 10 declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba   

1868  1st written account of a Canadian football game on October - 10.   

1868  Guillermo M Tomas, composer on October - 10.   

1874  Fiji becomes a British possession on October - 10.   

1875  On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

1876  On this day in history walter Niemann, composer   

1877  General Custer's funeral is held at West Point on this day in history.   

1884  C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) on October - 10.   

1886  The first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY on this day in history.   

1886  1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (tuxedo) on October - 10.   

1886  David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies on this day in history.   

1887  On October - 10 rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author   

1888  On October - 10 teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)   

1888  Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) on October - 10.   

1889  On October - 10 barnard College is founded.   

1889  Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) on October - 10.   

1889  On October - 10 adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75   

1892  On this day in history entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan   

1892  Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history august Balthazar, Belgian politician   

1895  Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days) on October - 10.   

1897  On October - 10 lamar Stringfield, composer   

1899  On this day in history iR Johnson patents bicycle frame   

1900  On October - 10 helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)   

1901  Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor on October - 10.   

1902  S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht on this day in history.   

1903  On October - 10 charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince   

1904  Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.   

1905  Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan) on October - 10.   

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On October - 10 birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on this day in history.   

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

0833  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77