October 10 Historical Events

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

Found 45 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 680
  Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.
• 732
  Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Córdoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
• 1471
  Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
• 1575
  Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
• 1580
  Over 600 papal troops land at Dún an Óir, Ireland to support a rebellion.
• 1582
  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1631
  An Electorate of Saxony army takes over Prague.
• 1760
  In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
• 1780
  The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 1845
  In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
• 1846
  Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
• 1868
  Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba’s independence
• 1871
  The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10.
• 1897
  German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• 1903
  The Women’s Social and Political Union was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst

• 1911
  The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of the Qing dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
• 1913
  United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
• 1920
  The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
• 1928
  Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• 1933
  United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
• 1935
  A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
• 1938
  The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
• 1942
  The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
• 1943
  Double Tenth incident in Japanese-controlled Singapore
• 1945
  The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double Tenth Agreement.
• 1953
  Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• 1957
  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
• 1957
  The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
• 1963
  France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
• 1964
  The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.