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Show THIS DATE IN HISTORY, MAY 10. 1500 Death of Cardinal de Bourbon; born 1650. 17W Great Britain declares war against France. 1700 Death of Count Zuuendorf, founder of the sect of Moravian Brothers. 1776 Ttconderoga surprised by Kthan Allen and Benedict Arnold. 1803 Death of Frederick Schiller, German poet; born 17W. 184A Battle of Resact de la Palms, Mexico. Americans victorious. Gen, I a Vega captured cap-tured by On it. May. 1860 John Beu, of Tennessee, nominated for president by the "Constitutional Union" party. 18H1-Oen. Wool occupies Norfolk, Va. 1868 Gen. Hunter, commanding in South Carolina, Caro-lina, issued an order emancipating the n groes. 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mountain and New River Bridge, Va. Union loss, 746 ; Confederate loss, 900. 1864-Two days' flght at Swift creek, Va. Union loss, 480; Oonfederata, 1871 Treaty of peace signed at Frankfort between France and Germany. 1876 Tidal wave at CaUoo destroys shipping aud towns. 1876 .International exhibition opened in Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. : 1870-Death of Admiral E. 0. Parrott, U. S. A., aged 70; Inventor of Parrots gun. |