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On This Day · The 191st day of the year

July 10

From 1519 to 1999, July 10 gathers 480 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 10 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 10?

July 10 is the 191st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1519 and 1999. Famous people born on July 10 include Marcel Proust, Nikola Tesla and Jacky Cheung.

Released on July 10

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Everdeep Aurora
  • Game Mycopunk

2024

  • TV A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1519

    Zhu Chenhao

  2. 1553

    Lady Jane Grey

  3. 1645

    English Civil War

  4. 1668

    Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)

  5. 1940

    Adolf Hitler

  6. 1940

    World War II

  7. 1967

    New Zealand

  8. 1973

    The Bahamas

  9. 1978

    Moktar Ould Daddah

  10. 1999

    Association football

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 10

Marcel Proust

b. 1871

Nikola Tesla

b. 1856

Jacky Cheung

b. 1961

John Calvin

b. 1509

Carl Orff

b. 1895

Mario Gómez

b. 1985

Arthur Ashe

b. 1943

Johannes Blaskowitz

b. 1883

Deaths

  • 2016Katharina Focke
  • 1971Laurent Dauthuille
  • 1584William the Silent
  • 1460John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
  • 649Emperor Taizong of Tang

Holidays & observances

  • —Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
  • —Christian feast day: Amalberga of Maubeuge
  • —Christian feast day: Canute IV of Denmark
  • —Christian feast day: Rufina and Secunda
  • —Christian feast day: Seven Brothers
  • —Christian feast day: Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax
  • —Christian feast day: July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973.

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