This day in History - March 10

358 Historic Events for March 10
1734 Event Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1735 Death Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46
1748 Birth John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician
1755 Birth Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer
1771 Birth Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe)
1772 Birth Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)
1776 Birth Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III
1780 Birth Juan Jose Landaeta, composer
1787 Birth William Etty, English painter (nudes)
1788 Birth Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)
1789 Event Franklin College founded (1787?)
1791 Event John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
1791 Event Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1792 Death John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78
1809 Birth William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864
1810 Birth John McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U)
1812 Birth Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
1818 Birth George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867
1819 Death Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies
1822 Birth Willem Roelofs, Dutch painter/lithographer
1824 Birth Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
1826 Death Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
1832 Birth William Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1832 Death Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, dies at 79
1833 Birth Pedro Antonio de Alarc¢n, Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat)