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November 10

November 10 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1202 and 2020. Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

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What happened on November 10?

November 10 is the 314th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1202 and 2020. Famous people born on November 10 include Anthony Réveillère, Martin Luther and Tracy Morgan.

The shape of the day

From 1202 to 2020, November 10 gathers 818 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 21st century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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

Released on November 10

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Ambrosia Sky: Act One

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).

  2. 1865

    Henry Wirz

    Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

  3. 1871

    Henry Morton Stanley

    Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

  4. 1898

    White supremacy

    White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

  5. 1940

    1940 Vrancea earthquake

    The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

  6. 1971

    Cambodia

    In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.

  7. 1975

    SS Edmund Fitzgerald

    The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

  8. 2008

    Mars

    Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

  9. 2009

    Daecheong incident

    Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

  10. 2020

    Armenia

    Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 10

Anthony Réveillère

b. 1979

French footballer

Martin Luther

b. 1483

German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation

Tracy Morgan

b. 1968

American comedian and actor

Samuel Wanjiru

b. 1986

Kenyan runner

Friedrich Schiller

b. 1759

German poet and playwright

Ennio Morricone

b. 1928

Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor

Gichin Funakoshi

b. 1868

Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan

Ernst Otto Fischer

b. 1918

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 2015Helmut Schmidt
  • 2006Nadarajah Raviraj
  • 1995Ken Saro-Wiwa
  • 1975SS Edmund Fitzgerald
  • 1891Arthur Rimbaud
  • 1865Henry Wirz

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Adelin of Séez
  • —Christian feast day: Áed mac Bricc
  • —Christian feast day: Andrew Avellino
  • —Christian feast day: Baudolino
  • —Christian feast day: Elaeth
  • —Christian feast day: Grellan
  • —Christian feast day: Justus
  • —Christian feast day: Lübeck martyrs

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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