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The following events took place on April 10. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 428

  Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 837

  Halley’s Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
• 879

  Louis III and Carloman II become Kings of the Western Franks.
• 1407

  The lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the title “Great Treasure Prince of Dharma”.
• 1500

  Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
• 1606

  The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
• 1710

  The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
• 1741

  War of the Austrian Succession (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843): defeat for Austria at Mollwitz on this date.
• 1809

  Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
• 1815

  The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
• 1816

  The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
• 1821

  Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
• 1826

  The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year’s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
• 1856

  The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont.
• 1858

  After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
• 1864

  Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• 1865

  American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• 1866

  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• 1868

  At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• 1872

  The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 1887

  On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
• 1904

  British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of the Law.
• 1912

  RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• 1916

  The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• 1919

  Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
• 1925

  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
• 1941

  World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
• 1944

  Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
• 1953

  Warner Bros. premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
• 1957

  The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.

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