Historical Events on September 10, Facts & Special Events On This Day

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The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

1419

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.

1509

An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

1515

Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal

1547

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

1561

Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

1570

Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

1608

John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.

1776

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

1798

At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.

1813

The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

1823

Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

1898

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

1918

Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.

1919

Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

1932

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.

1936

First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium

1937

Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

1939

World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.

1939

World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

1942

World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

1960

At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

1961

Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.

1967

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

1974

Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.

1976

A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

1977

Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

2000

Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

2001

Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.

2002

Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.

2007

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.

2008

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

2017

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

September 10 in History

Historical Events on September 10

The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.

An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.

The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.

Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.

George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.

Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.

Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.

First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium

Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.

World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.

A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.

Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

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