On This Day in History for April 10
Events in History
- 837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
- 847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 879 Louis III becomes King of West Francia
- 1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
- 1500 France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
- 1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
- 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
- 1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
- More Events in History
Matthew C. Perry
William Booth
Joseph Pulitzer
Gregory XIII
Horatio GatesWeddings in History
- 1848 British influential art critic and social commentator John Ruskin marries Effie Gray in Perth, Scotland (later annulled).
- 1902 Physicist Robert A. Millikan (34) weds Greta Blanchard
- 1935 Nazi politician Hermann Goering (42) weds Emmy Sonnemann (42) in Berlin
More Weddings & Divorces in History
April in History
America’s Civil War Comes Home To Roost
On this day a surrender agreement ending the American Civil War was signed in the house of a man who had been driven out of his first home by the hostilities.
April 9, 1865Yes, We Have Some Bananas
A strange fruit went on sale in London on this day, the like of which nobody had seen before. Known to scientists as the Plantaine fruit, it is now unremarkable.
April 10, 1633Eruption of Mount Tambora
The massive Tambora volcano eruption
April 10, 18151st Photo of a Black Hole
The first ever picture of black hole
April 10, 2019
