Editing April 10 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[428]] &ndash; [[Nestorius]] becomes the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jurgens|first=William A.|title=The Faith of the Early Fathers. Volume 3: St. Augustine to the End of the Patristic Age|location=Collegeville, Minn.|publisher=Liturgical Press|date=1979|isbn=9780814604328|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkvLsueY_DwC|pages=201–202}}</ref>
* [[837]] &ndash; [[Halley's Comet]] makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] (5.1&nbsp;million kilometres/3.2&nbsp;million miles).<ref>{{cite book|last=Seargent|first=David|title=The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars|location=New York|publisher=Springer Verlag|date=2008|isbn=9780387095127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFgMAaU3vA8C|pages=44–45}}</ref>
*[[1407]] &ndash; [[Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama]] visits the [[Ming dynasty]] capital at [[Nanjing]] and is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".<ref>{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Dinesh|title=Indo-Tibet-China Conflict|location=Delhi|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|date=2008|isbn=9788178357140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFGhwZxeG5kC|page=46}}</ref>
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Ludovico Sforza]] is captured by Swiss troops at [[Novara]] and is handed over to the French.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Arthur Henry|title=Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598|location=London|publisher=Rivingtons|date=1902|oclc=796491389|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaM-AAAAYAAJ|page=111}}</ref>
*[[1545]] &ndash; The settlement of Villa Imperial de Carlos V (now the city of [[Potosí]]) in [[Bolivia]] is founded after the discovery of [[Cerro Rico|huge silver deposits]] in the area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lougheed|first=Vivien|title=Understanding Bolivia—A Travellers History|location=Madeira Park, BC|publisher=Harbour Publishing|date=2008|isbn=9781550174441|page=44|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|title=Bolivia: Country Study Guide. Volume 1: Strategic Information and Developments|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=International Business Publications|date=2017|isbn=978-1438773971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tEqtDwAAQBAJ|page=44}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; The [[London Company|Virginia Company of London]] is established by royal charter by [[James I of England]] with the purpose of establishing [[British colonization of the Americas|colonial settlements in North America]].
*[[1710]] &ndash; The [[Statute of Anne]], the first law regulating [[copyright]], comes into force in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Robert Walpole]] resigns from the British government, commencing the [[Whig Split]] which lasts until 1720.<ref>Black, Jeremy. ''Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727''. p.80</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66|''Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen'', BWV 66]], his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000082?lang=en | title = Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV 66.2; BWV 66; BC A 56 | publisher = [[Bach Digital]] website | date = 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: Prussia gains control of [[Silesia]] at the [[Battle of Mollwitz]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[War of the Fifth Coalition]] begins when forces of the [[Austrian Empire]] invade [[Bavaria]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; The [[Mount Tambora]] volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until [[July 15]]. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and [[Year Without a Summer|affects Earth's climate]] for the next two years.
*[[1816]] &ndash; The [[Federal government of the United States]] approves the creation of the [[Second Bank of the United States]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; Patriarch [[Gregory V of Constantinople]] is hanged by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman government]] from the main gate of the [[Patriarchate]] and his body is thrown into the [[Bosphorus]].
*  1821   &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: the island of [[Psara]] joins the Greek struggle for independence.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aegean-maritime-museum.gr/en/exhibits-history/1821/112-konstantinos-kanaris-2 | title=Constantine Kanaris }}</ref>
*[[1826]] &ndash; The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of [[Missolonghi]] begin leaving the town after [[Third Siege of Missolonghi|a year's siege]] by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
*[[1858]] &ndash; After the original [[Big Ben]], a {{Convert|14.5|tonne|lb}} bell for the [[Palace of Westminster]], had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current {{convert|13.76|tonne|lb}} bell by [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; Archduke [[Maximilian I of Mexico|Maximilian of Habsburg]] is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the [[Second French intervention in Mexico|French intervention in Mexico]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee [[Lee's Farewell Address|addresses]] his troops for the last time.
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by [[Henry Bergh]].<ref name=Chase2017 />
*[[1868]] &ndash; At Arogee in [[Ethiopia|Abyssinia]], British and Indian forces [[British Expedition to Abyssinia|defeat]] an army of Emperor [[Tewodros II]]. While 700 [[Ethiopia]]ns are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
*[[1872]] &ndash; The first [[Arbor Day]] is celebrated in [[Nebraska]].
*[[1875]] &ndash; India: [[Arya Samaj]] is founded in [[Mumbai]] by [[Swami Dayananda Saraswati]] to propagate his goal of social reform. 
*[[1887]] &ndash; On [[Easter Sunday]], [[Pope Leo XIII]] authorizes the establishment of the [[Catholic University of America]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[1896 Summer Olympics]]: The Olympic [[marathon]] is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete [[Spyridon Louis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local hero Spyridon Louis earns cult status in marathon |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/local-hero-louis-earns-cult-status-in-marathon |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=Olympics}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of [[Brandfort]]. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=13}}|</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' sets sail from [[Southampton]], England on her maiden and only voyage.
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Professional Golfers' Association of America]] (PGA) is created in New York City.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]] leader [[Emiliano Zapata]] is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in [[Morelos]].
*  1919   &ndash; The [[Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents#Third Congress (April 1919)|Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents]] is held by the [[Makhnovshchina]] at [[Huliaipole]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Darch|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917–21|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=978-0745338880|oclc=1225942343|page=49}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] is first published in New York City, by [[Charles Scribner's Sons]].
* 1925     &ndash; The Russian city of [[Tsaritsyn]] was renamed [[Stalingrad]] to honor the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mccauley |first=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-W3aAAAAQBAJ&q=stalingrad+10+april+1925 |title=Stalin and Stalinism |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1317863687 |edition=3 |author-link=Martin McCauley (historian)}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[1938 German parliamentary election and referendum]] seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
*[[1939]] &ndash; ''[[Alcoholics Anonymous]]'' (AA) publish the first edition of their "[[The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)|Big Book]]", which introduced the twelve-step program.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Axis powers]] establish the [[Independent State of Croatia]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Vrba]] and [[Alfréd Wetzler]] escape from [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Birkenau death camp]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the [[submarine]] {{USS|Thresher|SSN-593|6}} sinks at sea.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[TEV Wahine|TEV ''Wahine'']], a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Paul McCartney]] announces that he is leaving [[The Beatles]] for personal and professional reasons.<ref name=Chase2017 />
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Ping-pong diplomacy]]: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. [[table tennis]] team for a week-long visit.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Yinqueshan Han Tombs|Tombs]] containing [[Yinqueshan Han Slips|bamboo slips]], among them [[Sun Tzu]]'s ''[[The Art of War|Art of War]]'' and [[Sun Bin]]'s lost [[Sun Bin's Art of War|military treatise]], are discovered by construction workers in [[Shandong]].
*  1972   &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: For the first time since November [[1967]], American [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 bombers]] reportedly begin bombing [[North Vietnam]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Invicta International Airlines Flight 435]] crashes in a snowstorm on approach to [[Basel]], Switzerland, killing 108 people.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak|Red River Valley tornado outbreak]]: A tornado lands in [[Wichita Falls, Texas]] killing 42 people.
*[[1981]] &ndash;  Imprisoned [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] hunger striker [[Bobby Sands]] was [[April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|elected]] to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-04-10 |title=1981: Hunger striker elected MP |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/10/newsid_2453000/2453183.stm |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Ojhri Camp]] explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.
*[[1991]] &ndash; Italian ferry {{ship|MS|Moby Prince||6}} collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off [[Livorno]], Italy, killing 140.
*  1991   &ndash; A [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone|rare]] [[tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] develops in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]] near [[Angola]]; the first to be documented by [[weather satellite|satellites]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[Good Friday Agreement]] is signed in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the Good Friday Agreement? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/good-friday-agreement-northern-ireland-protocol-b2100417.html |website=The Independent |access-date=13 August 2022 |language=en |date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[President of Fiji]] [[Ratu]] [[Josefa Iloilo]] announces the abrogation of the [[1997 Constitution of Fiji|constitution]] and assumes all governance in the country, creating a [[2009 Fijian constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Polish Air Force]] [[Tu-154]]M [[Smolensk air disaster|crashes]] near [[Smolensk]], Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President [[Lech Kaczyński]], his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Paravur temple accident]] in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for [[Vishu]], kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of [[Bhadrakali]] worship.
*  2016   &ndash; An [[2016 Afghanistan earthquake|earthquake of 6.6 magnitude]] strikes 39&nbsp;km west-southwest of [[Ashkasham]], impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
*[[2019]] &ndash; Scientists from the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] project announce the first ever image of a [[black hole]], which was located in the centre of the [[Messier 87|M87]] galaxy.
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Louisville bank shooting|A mass shooting]] occurs at the [[Old National Bank]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9612695/louisville-shooting-police-investigation/|title=Louisville shooting: At least 6 dead, including suspect, at downtown bank - National &#124; Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}</ref>