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July 10

July 10 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1519 and 1999. Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.

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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.

The shape of the day

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.

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

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

    Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.

  2. 1553

    Lady Jane Grey

    Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.

  3. 1645

    English Civil War

    English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.

  4. 1668

    Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)

    Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in an attempt to capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city.

  5. 1940

    Adolf Hitler

    World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.

  6. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.

  7. 1967

    New Zealand

    New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar.

  8. 1973

    The Bahamas

    The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.

  9. 1978

    Moktar Ould Daddah

    President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.

  10. 1999

    Association football

    In women's association football, the United States defeats China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 10

Marcel Proust

b. 1871

French novelist, critic, and essayist

Nikola Tesla

b. 1856

Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer

Jacky Cheung

b. 1961

Hong Kong singer and film actor

John Calvin

b. 1509

French pastor and theologian

Carl Orff

b. 1895

German composer and educator

Mario Gómez

b. 1985

German footballer

Arthur Ashe

b. 1943

American tennis player and journalist

Johannes Blaskowitz

b. 1883

German general

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.

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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