10 January 1807
On this date in 1807...
US President Thomas Jefferson charged former Vice-President Aaron Burr with treason for invading Louisiana with northern volunteers and attempting to incite a war with Spain so he could steal a large portion of land in the Louisiana Territory and eventually conquer Texas.
Other Years:
- 1811 – Slaves revolted in two Louisiana parishes.
- 1843 - Frank James was born in Clay County, Missouri.
- 1861 - North Carolina citizens seized Fort Caswell near Wilmington.
- 1861 - Louisiana state troops seized the federal arsenal and barracks at Baton Rouge.
- 1861 - Mississippi seized federal forts & property.
- 1861 - Florida formally recalled its delegated rights and seceded from the Union.
- 1870 - Georgia’s legislature reconvened.
- 1901 - The great gusher erupted in the oil well being drilled by mining engineer, Capt. A. F. Lucas at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas.
- 1967 - Lester Maddox was inaugurated as governor of Georgia.
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