Events on Feb 10
- 0060St. Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
- 1098Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
- 153512 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
- 1676Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster, Massachusetts
- 1716Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
- 1720Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
- 1746English Pelham government resigns
- 1763Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
- 1774Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
- 1807US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
- 1824Simon Bolivar named Dictator by the Congress of Peru
- 1840British Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
- 1846Beginning of Mormon march to west US
- 1846British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
- 1855US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
- 1859Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
- 1862Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms
- 18631st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
- 1863PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
- 1866Dutch government Frans van der Putte forms
- 1868Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
- 1870City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
- 18791st electric arc light used (California Theater)
- 1879Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
- 1880Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
- 1882Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka, " premieres in St. Petersburg
- 1883Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
- 1890Around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
- 1899US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. US gets PR and Guam
- 1900Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 seconds)
Born on Feb 10
- 1609John Suckling: English Cavalier poet / dramatist / courtier
- 1670Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus]: Flemish painter
- 1670William Congreve: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
- 1685Aaron Hill: English playwright / poet (Tragedy of Zara)
- 1686Johann F Gronovius: Dutch Physician / botany
- 1696Johann Melchior Molter: Composer
- 1702Jean-Pierre Guignon: Composer
- 1717Pierre de La Garde: Composer
- 1728Peter III Feodorovich: German / Russian Czar of Russia (1761-62)
- 1735Johann Christoph Kuhnau: Composer
- 1741Franz Adam Veichtner: Composer
- 1750Stanislao Mattei: Composer
- 1775Charles Lamb: London, England -- Critic / poet / essayist
- 1788Johann Peter Pixis: Composer
- 1795Ary Scheffer: Dutch painter / etcher / sculptor
- 1807Abner Clark Harding: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
- 1818Isham Green Harris: Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
- 1819Richard Storrs Willis: Composer
- 1821William Read Scurry: (Confederate Army Brigadier General) Died in 1864.
- 1824Samuel Plimsoll: Bristol, England -- Inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
- 1827Peter J Savelberg: Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
- 1841Walter Parratt: Composer
- 1846Mildred Childe "Life" Lee: Daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee
- 1866Bror Beckman: Composer
- 1866Rafael Altamira Crevea: Spanish lawyer / historian
- 1868William Allen White: Emporia, Kansas -- Editor (Pulitzer 1942)
- 1869Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati: Composer
- 1870Fritz Klimsch: German sculptor / painter
- 1872Anne Anema: Dutch lawyer / journalist / politician (ARP)
- 1879Franz Carl Bornschein: Composer
Died on Feb 10
- 1134Robert III / II Curthouse: Duke of Normandy
- 1162Boudouin III: Son of King Fulco of Anjou / husband of Theodora
- 1482Luca della Robbia: Italian Sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
- 1495William Stanley: Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
- 1567Lord Darnley Stuart: Husband of English Queen Mary, murdered
- 1588Joost Sybrantsz Buyck: Amsterdam Merchant / regent, dies at about 82
- 1598Anna van Bull: 1st Wife of Polish / Swedish King Sigismund II
- 1657Sebastian Stosskopf: Elzabethian painter, dies at 59
- 1686William Dugdale: Garter King of Arms (1677-86)
- 1711Lukas Fencer: Dutch Poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
- 1772Jozef Wenceslas: Monarch of Liechtenstein / General, dies at 75
- 1774Florian Leopold Gassmann: Composer, dies at 44
- 1783James Nares: Composer, dies at 67
- 1816Johann Paul Aegidius Martini: Composer, dies at 74
- 1822Albert-Kasimir: Duke of Saxon-Teschen / Governor of Hungary, dies at 83
- 1825Paul van Hemert: Dutch Theologist / philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
- 1829Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei]: Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
- 1832Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini: Composer, dies at 84
- 1837Alexander S Pushkin: Writer, dies at 37
- 1861Francis Danby: Exmouth, painter
- 1876Johan August Soderman: Composer, dies at 43
- 1887Ellen Wood: English Author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
- 1887Pieter JBCR van der Aa: Dutch geographer, dies at 54
- 1902J N Krieger: German Selenographer
- 1905Ignacy Krzyzanowski: Composer, dies at 78
- 1912Joseph Lister: 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic)
- 1915Albert J-BJ Thijs: Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
- 1917Emile Pessard: Composer, dies at 73
- 1923Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen: Physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
- 1932R H Edgar Wallace: British writer / journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76
Historical events on February 11
- 0385Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
- 0824St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1531Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
- 1543Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian / Portugese troops beat Moslem army
- 1543Karel / Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
- 15731st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
- 1575King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
- 1638Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries Earl John of Brederode
- 1720Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
- 1752Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
- 1766Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
- 1768Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
- 1790Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
- 1793Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
- 17941st session of US Senate open to the public
- 1808Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- 1809Robert Fulton patents steamboat
- 1810Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
- 1811President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
- 1812Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
- 1826London University founded
- 1837American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
- 1843Opera "I Lombardi, " premieres in Milan
- 18521st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
- 1854Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
- 18581st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
- 1861President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC
- 1861US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
- 1873Spanish Cortes fires King Amadeus I
- 18781st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
Born on February 11
- 1380Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini: Italy -- Humanist
- 1465Elizabeth of York: London, England -- Consort of King Henry VII
- 1506Juliana van Stolberg: Engraver of Nassau
- 1557John Wtenbogaert: Remonstrants theologist
- 1657Bernard Fontenelle: France -- Scientist / writer (Plurality of Worlds)
- 1755Albert Christoph Dies: Composer
- 1776Joannis Capodistrias: Greek Governor of Troezen (1827-31)
- 1783Jarena Lee: Famous African
- 1790Ignaz Assmayer: Composer
- 1800William Henry Fox Talbot: Wiltshire, England -- Photographic pioneer
- 1802Lydia Maria Child: United States -- Author / abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
- 1810Loisa Puget: Composer
- 1812Alexander Hamilton Stephens: Vice President (Confederacy), died in 1883
- 1812Benjamin Franklin Sands: Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
- 1819Samuel Parkman Tuckerman: Composer
- 1821Hermann Allmers: Writer
- 1829William Anderson Pile: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
- 1830Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf: Composer
- 1830Peter Arnold Heise: Composer
- 1833Melville Weston Fuller: 8th chief justice
- 1839Josiah Willard Gibbs: Theoretical physicist / chemist
- 1840Sanuel Dana Greene: Lieutenant Commander (Union Navy), died in 1884
- 1846William Fox Talbot: Pioneer photographer / inventor
- 1860Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery]: French author (Monsieur Venus)
- 1867August W Messer: German philosopher / educator / psychologist
- 1873Feodor Chaliapine: Russian author / Novelist (Pages from My Life)
- 1874Fritz Bennicke Hart: Composer
- 1875Sara Wennerberg-Reuter: Composer
- 1879Jean Gilbert: Composer
- 1882Gheorghe Cucu: Composer
Died on February 11
- 0641Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
- 0731Gregory II: Greek-Syrian Pope
- 0821Benedict of Aniane: Saint
- 0824Paschal I: Italian Pope (817-24)
- 1141Hugo of St-Victor: Philosopher / Theologist / mystic
- 1503Elizabeth of York: Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
- 1543Ahmed Gran: Sultan of Adal, dies in battle
- 1554Lady Jane Grey: Deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
- 1622Alfonso Fontanelli: Composer, dies at 64
- 1685David Teniers III: Flemish painter, dies at 46
- 1762Johann Tobias Krebs: Composer, dies at 71
- 1797Antoine Dauvergne: Composer, dies at 83
- 1806Vicente Martin y Soler: Composer, dies at 51
- 1841J H Ferdinand Olivier: German painter, dies at 55
- 1870Jacob M de Kempenaer: Dutch Minister of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
- 1870Leopold Eugen Mechura: Composer, dies at 66
- 1879Honore Daumier: Caricaturist / painter
- 1879Willem J van Zeggelen: Dutch Author / Novelist / writer, dies at 67
- 1892Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni: Composer, dies at 63
- 1894Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera: Composer, dies at 70
- 1899George Morgan: 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident
- 1901Milan I: King of Serbia, dies at 56
- 1903Henryk Szulc: Composer, dies at 67
- 1907Peter J Savelberg: Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
- 1911Albert von Rothschild: Baron / Austrian banker, dies at 66
- 1922Gerardus J P Bolland: Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
- 1931Charles Algernon Parsons: British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
- 1931Charles Parsons: Inventor of the steam turbine
- 1939Franz Schmidt: Austrian composer, dies at 64
- 1940John Buchan: 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40)
Events on Feb 12
- 1049Bruno Count of Egesheim and Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
- 1111German King Hendry V arrives at St. Peter, Rome
- 1130Pope Innocent II elected
- 1502Granada: Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
- 1528Treaty of Dordrecht between Emperor and ecclesiastical power
- 1577Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"
- 1624English parliament comes together
- 1733Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
- 1736Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (Emperor Francois I)
- 1762English fleet occupies Martinique
- 1763John Casteret appointed British Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1772Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
- 17931st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves
- 1818Chile gains independence from Spain
- 1821Mercantile Library of City of New York opens
- 1825Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by September 1, 1826
- 1832Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands
- 1839Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick
- 1840Housatonic Railroad opens
- 1848Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan
- 1861State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas
- 1865Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in US House of Reps
- 1870Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada
- 1873Congress abolishes bimetallism and authorizes $1 and $3 gold coins
- 1874King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st King to visit US
- 1876Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
- 18771st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
- 1877US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
- 18791st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, NYC)
- 1879News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
Born on Feb 12
- 1211Henry VII: Roman Catholic German King (1220-35)
- 1438Adolf van Egmond: Duke of Gelre / Earl of Zutphen
- 1474Lorenzo Campeggio: Archbishop of Bologna / diplomat
- 1567Thomas Campion: England, United Kingdom -- Composer / poet / Physician
- 1584Casparus Barleaus: Flemish theologist / poet (Muiderkring)
- 1636Herman Witsius [Wits]: Dutch reformed theologist
- 1637John Swammerdam: Dutch anatomist / entomologist (Bible of Nature)
- 1663Cotton Mather: Witchcraft authority
- 1665Rudolph J Camerarius: German Botanist / Physician (sexuality plant)
- 1706Josef Christian: German sculptor
- 1740Matej Sojka: Composer
- 1751Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot: Composer
- 1753Lambert-Francois Godecharle: Composer
- 1758Christian Ignatius Latrobe: Composer
- 1760Jan Ladislav Dussek: Bohemia -- Pianist / composer
- 1768Francis II: Florence, Italy -- Last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806)
- 1775Louise Catherine Johnson Adams: 1st lady (1825-1829)
- 1778Franz Joseph Volkert: Composer
- 1791Jan D Zocher, Jr.: Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
- 1791Peter Cooper: Industrialist / philanthropist (Cooper Union)
- 1792Ferdinand de Braekeleer: Belgian painter
- 1809Charles Darwin: England, United Kingdom -- Discovered evolution (Origin of species)
- 1818Otto Ludwig: German writer (Die Heiterethei)
- 1824Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati: Indian hindu leader
- 1828George Meredith: England, United Kingdom -- Poet / Novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
- 1828Robert Ransom, Jr.: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 1831John Morrissey: Boxer / developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
- 1838Charles Carroll Walcott: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
- 1841Bert van Tienhoven: Mayor (Amsterdam) / Foreign Minister
- 1841Gijsbert van Tienhoven: Dutch Mayor (Amsterdam) / Foreign Minister
Died on Feb 12
- 1128Toghtekin: Slave / atabek of Damascus
- 1242Hendrik VII: Roman Catholics German King (1220-35), commits suicide
- 1538Albrecht Altdorfer: German painter, dies at about 57
- 1554Jane Grey: Queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17
- 1590Francois Hotman / Hotomanus: French lawyer / diplomat, dies at 65
- 1616John Drusius: Of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
- 1684Pietro Andrea Ziani: Composer, dies at 67
- 1728Agostino Steffani: Italian / German diplomat / composer, dies at 73
- 1738James Sherard: Composer, dies at 71
- 1762Laurent Belissen: Composer, dies at 68
- 1771Adolf Frederik: King of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
- 1787Ruggiero Boscovich: Ital physicist / astronomer / philosopher, dies at 75
- 1799Frantisek Xaver Dusek: Composer, dies at 67
- 1804Immanuel Kant: German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
- 1820Guillaume Albert Teniers: Composer, dies at 71
- 1834Friedrich Schleiermacher: German Theologist / philosopher, dies at 65
- 1861Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard: Composer, dies at 72
- 1896Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas: French Composer (Mignon), dies at 84
- 1896Isaac Murphy: Jockey, 628 wins on 1, 412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
- 1905Marcel Schwob: French writer / journalist (Coeur double)
- 1915Charles Emile Waldteufel: Composer, dies at 77
- 1916J W Richard Dedekind: German mathematician
- 1920Emile Sauret: Composer, dies at 67
- 1920Jean Allemane: French socialist / communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
- 1929Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing: German para-psychologist, dies at 66
- 1933Henri Duparc: French composer, dies at 85
- 1942Grant Wood: US Painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
- 1945de Jong: Dutch vicar / resistance fighter, executed
- 1945Henrietta Szold: Founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah)
- 1945Walraven [Wally] van Hall: Dutch banker / resisted Nazis, executed at 39