This day in History - March 10

358 Historic Events for March 10
1839 Birth Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer
1842 Birth Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif
1844 Birth Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing)
1845 Birth Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94)
1847 Event 1st money minted in Hawaii
1849 Event Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so
1850 Birth Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College
1861 Death Josepf Fran‡ois Snel, composer, dies at 67
1862 Event Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
1862 Event US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000)
1864 Death Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52
1864 Event Grant is named commander of the Union armies
1864 Event Red River campaign LA
1865 Event Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
1865 Birth Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
1865 Death William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48
1866 Death Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87
1867 Birth Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses)
1870 Death Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75
1870 Birth Alfred Kastner, composer
1872 Death Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66
1872 Birth Felix Borowski, composer
1873 Birth Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German and Jew)
1874 Event Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
1875 Birth Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer