This day in History - June 10

438 Historic Events for June 10
1720 Event Mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard
1727 Death George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67
1735 Birth John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1752 Event Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
1760 Event NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
1761 Event Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island
1772 Event Burning of Gasp‚e, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders
1776 Event Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind
1781 Birth Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer
1782 Birth Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian
1790 Birth Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
1791 Birth V clav Hanka, Czech author/interpreter/forger
1793 Event 1st public zoo opens in Paris
1793 Event Washington replaced Philadelphia as US capital
1794 Event France revolutionary regime begins trials
1794 Event Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Phila, forms
1800 Death Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
1801 Event Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
1808 Birth Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card)
1809 Event 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila
1818 Event Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra"
1819 Birth J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)
1826 Event Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey
1831 Birth W A Remy, composer
1832 Birth Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)