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| April 10th, 2007 (April 10 2007) | Birth | Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess | |
| April 10th, 2007 (April 10 2007) | Death | Dakota Staton, American singer (born in 1930) | |
| April 10th, 2006 (April 10 2006) | Event | Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in the United States. | |
| April 10th, 2005 (April 10 2005) | Death | Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (born in 1923) | |
| April 10th, 2005 (April 10 2005) | Death | Iakovos, Archbishop of America (born in 1911) | |
| April 10th, 2005 (April 10 2005) | Death | Al Lucas, American football player (born in 1978) | |
| April 10th, 2003 (April 10 2003) | Death | Little Eva, American singer (born in 1943) | |
| April 10th, 2000 (April 10 2000) | Death | Peter Jones, English comedian (born in 1920) | |
| April 10th, 2000 (April 10 2000) | Death | Larry Linville, American actor (born in 1939) | |
| April 10th, 2000 (April 10 2000) | Death | Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (born in 1928) | |
| April 10th, 1999 (April 10 1999) | Death | Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (born in 1910) | |
| April 10th, 1999 (April 10 1999) | Death | Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (born in 1919) | |
| April 10th, 1998 (April 10 1998) | Event | The Belfast Agreement is signed. | |
| April 10th, 1997 (April 10 1997) | Death | Michael Dorris, American author (born in 1945) | |
| April 10th, 1995 (April 10 1995) | Death | Morarji Desai, Indian activist (born in 1896) | |
| April 10th, 1994 (April 10 1994) | Death | Sam B. Hall, American politician (born in 1924) | |
| April 10th, 1993 (April 10 1993) | Death | Chris Hani, South African activist (born in 1942) | |
| April 10th, 1992 (April 10 1992) | Death | Sam Kinison, American comedian (born in 1953) | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Event | Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140. | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Event | A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Birth | Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Death | Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (born in 1955) | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Death | Natalie Schafer, American actress (born in 1900) | |
| April 10th, 1990 (April 10 1990) | Birth | Lulinha, Brazilian footballer | |
| April 10th, 1990 (April 10 1990) | Birth | Alex Pettyfer, English actor | |
| April 10th, 1988 (April 10 1988) | Birth | Haley Joel Osment, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1987 (April 10 1987) | Birth | Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano | |
| April 10th, 1986 (April 10 1986) | Birth | Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer | |
| April 10th, 1986 (April 10 1986) | Death | Linda Creed, American songwriter (born in 1948) | |
| April 10th, 1985 (April 10 1985) | Birth | Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 10th, 1984 (April 10 1984) | Birth | Mandy Moore, American singer/actor | |
| April 10th, 1983 (April 10 1983) | Birth | Ryan Merriman, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1982 (April 10 1982) | Birth | Damian Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| April 10th, 1982 (April 10 1982) | Birth | Chyler Leigh, American actress | |
| April 10th, 1982 (April 10 1982) | Birth | Andre Ethier, American baseball player | |
| April 10th, 1981 (April 10 1981) | Birth | Laura Bell Bundy, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1981 (April 10 1981) | Birth | Liz McClarnon, British singer | |
| April 10th, 1981 (April 10 1981) | Birth | Michael Pitt, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1981 (April 10 1981) | Birth | Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player | |
| April 10th, 1980 (April 10 1980) | Birth | Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 10th, 1980 (April 10 1980) | Birth | Charlie Hunnam, British actor | |
| April 10th, 1980 (April 10 1980) | Birth | Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver | |
| April 10th, 1980 (April 10 1980) | Birth | Bryce Soderberg, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1980 (April 10 1980) | Death | Kay Medford, American actress (born in 1914) | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Event | Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Birth | Shemekia Copeland, American singer | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Birth | Rachel Corrie, American activist (died in 2003) | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Birth | Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Birth | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Birth | Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Death | Nino Rota, Italian composer (born in 1911) | |
| April 10th, 1976 (April 10 1976) | Birth | Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier | |
| April 10th, 1975 (April 10 1975) | Birth | Chris Carrabba, American singer | |
| April 10th, 1975 (April 10 1975) | Death | Marjorie Main, American actress (born in 1890) | |
| April 10th, 1974 (April 10 1974) | Birth | Eric Greitens, Ph.D., US Navy Seal, Chairman of the Center for Citizen Leadership | |
| April 10th, 1974 (April 10 1974) | Birth | Petros Passalis, Greek footballer | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Event | A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104. | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Birth | Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Birth | Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Birth | Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Birth | Christopher Simmons, American designer | |
| April 10th, 1972 (April 10 1972) | Event | 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas. | Sallust Quotes |
| April 10th, 1972 (April 10 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. | |
| April 10th, 1971 (April 10 1971) | Event | Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People s Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit. | |
| April 10th, 1971 (April 10 1971) | Birth | Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Matt Barlow, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Kenny Lattimore, American singer | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Mike Mushok, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1970 (April 10 1970) | Birth | Q-Tip, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1969 (April 10 1969) | Birth | Billy Jayne, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1969 (April 10 1969) | Birth | Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter | |
| April 10th, 1969 (April 10 1969) | Death | Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (born in 1893) | |
| April 10th, 1968 (April 10 1968) | Event | Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour. | |
| April 10th, 1968 (April 10 1968) | Birth | Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian | Orlando Jones Quotes |
| April 10th, 1968 (April 10 1968) | Death | Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (born in 1899) | |
| April 10th, 1967 (April 10 1967) | Birth | Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 10th, 1966 (April 10 1966) | Death | Evelyn Waugh, English writer (born in 1903) | Evelyn Waugh Quotes |
| April 10th, 1965 (April 10 1965) | Birth | Tim Alexander, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1965 (April 10 1965) | Death | Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (born in 1928) | |
| April 10th, 1965 (April 10 1965) | Death | Linda Darnell, American actress (born in 1923) | |
| April 10th, 1963 (April 10 1963) | Event | 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at at sea. | |
| April 10th, 1963 (April 10 1963) | Birth | Warren DeMartini, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1963 (April 10 1963) | Birth | Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| April 10th, 1962 (April 10 1962) | Birth | Steve Tasker, American football player | |
| April 10th, 1962 (April 10 1962) | Death | Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (born in 1886) | |
| April 10th, 1962 (April 10 1962) | Death | Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (born in 1940) | |
| April 10th, 1961 (April 10 1961) | Birth | Joe Cole (roadie), roadie for US band Black Flag (died in 1991) | |
| April 10th, 1960 (April 10 1960) | Birth | Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens | |
| April 10th, 1960 (April 10 1960) | Birth | Katrina Leskanich, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1959 (April 10 1959) | Event | Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko. | |
| April 10th, 1959 (April 10 1959) | Birth | Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician | |
| April 10th, 1959 (April 10 1959) | Birth | Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats) | |
| April 10th, 1958 (April 10 1958) | Birth | Bob Bell, British engineer | |
| April 10th, 1958 (April 10 1958) | Birth | Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist | |
| April 10th, 1958 (April 10 1958) | Birth | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer | |
| April 10th, 1958 (April 10 1958) | Death | Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (born in 1928) | Chuck D Quotes |
| April 10th, 1957 (April 10 1957) | Event | The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. | |
| April 10th, 1957 (April 10 1957) | Birth | John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (died in 2006) | |
| April 10th, 1957 (April 10 1957) | Birth | Steve Gustafson, American musician | |
| April 10th, 1955 (April 10 1955) | Birth | Lesley Garrett, British soprano | |
| April 10th, 1955 (April 10 1955) | Death | Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (born in 1881) | |
| April 10th, 1954 (April 10 1954) | Birth | Peter MacNicol, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1954 (April 10 1954) | Death | Auguste Lumiere, French film pioneer (born in 1862) | |
| April 10th, 1954 (April 10 1954) | Death | Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (born in 1888) | |
| April 10th, 1951 (April 10 1951) | Birth | David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist | |
| April 10th, 1951 (April 10 1951) | Birth | Steven Seagal, American actor | Steven Seagal Quotes |
| April 10th, 1950 (April 10 1950) | Birth | Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player | |
| April 10th, 1950 (April 10 1950) | Birth | Barry M. Riemer, American author | |
| April 10th, 1950 (April 10 1950) | Birth | Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (died in 1992) | |
| April 10th, 1950 (April 10 1950) | Birth | Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer | |
| April 10th, 1947 (April 10 1947) | Birth | Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician | |
| April 10th, 1946 (April 10 1946) | Birth | David Angell, American television producer (died in 2001) | |
| April 10th, 1945 (April 10 1945) | Death | Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (born in 1887) | |
| April 10th, 1945 (April 10 1945) | Death | H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (born in 1882) | |
| April 10th, 1944 (April 10 1944) | Event | Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. | |
| April 10th, 1943 (April 10 1943) | Birth | Andrzej Badenski, Polish athlete | |
| April 10th, 1942 (April 10 1942) | Birth | Ian Callaghan, English footballer | |
| April 10th, 1941 (April 10 1941) | Event | World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelic s Ustase fascist insurgents in power. | |
| April 10th, 1941 (April 10 1941) | Birth | Paul Theroux, American author | Paul Theroux Quotes |
| April 10th, 1940 (April 10 1940) | Birth | Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter | |
| April 10th, 1938 (April 10 1938) | Birth | Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster | |
| April 10th, 1938 (April 10 1938) | Death | Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (born in 1885) | |
| April 10th, 1937 (April 10 1937) | Birth | Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet | |
| April 10th, 1936 (April 10 1936) | Birth | John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster | |
| April 10th, 1934 (April 10 1934) | Birth | David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (died in 2007) | |
| April 10th, 1934 (April 10 1934) | Birth | Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist | |
| April 10th, 1933 (April 10 1933) | Event | New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created. | |
| April 10th, 1932 (April 10 1932) | Birth | Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor | |
| April 10th, 1931 (April 10 1931) | Death | Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (born in 1883) | Khalil Gibran Quotes |
| April 10th, 1930 (April 10 1930) | Birth | Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist | |
| April 10th, 1930 (April 10 1930) | Birth | Dolores Huerta, American co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America | |
| April 10th, 1930 (April 10 1930) | Birth | Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (died in 2006) | |
| April 10th, 1930 (April 10 1930) | Birth | Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (died in 2001) | |
| April 10th, 1929 (April 10 1929) | Birth | Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and F1 world champion (died in 1959) | |
| April 10th, 1929 (April 10 1929) | Birth | Max von Sydow, Swedish actor | |
| April 10th, 1927 (April 10 1927) | Birth | Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| April 10th, 1926 (April 10 1926) | Birth | Junior Samples, American musician (died in 1983) | |
| April 10th, 1925 (April 10 1925) | Event | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner s Sons. | F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes |
| April 10th, 1924 (April 10 1924) | Birth | Kenneth Noland, American painter | |
| April 10th, 1923 (April 10 1923) | Birth | Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (died in 2000) | |
| April 10th, 1921 (April 10 1921) | Birth | Chuck Connors, American actor (died in 1992) | Chuck D Quotes |
| April 10th, 1921 (April 10 1921) | Birth | Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (died in 2003) | |
| April 10th, 1920 (April 10 1920) | Death | Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (born in 1829) | |
| April 10th, 1919 (April 10 1919) | Event | Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. | |
| April 10th, 1919 (April 10 1919) | Death | Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (born in 1879) | |
| April 10th, 1918 (April 10 1918) | Birth | Lee Bergere, American actor (died in 2007) | Ric Berger Quotes |
| April 10th, 1917 (April 10 1917) | Birth | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1979) | Robert Burns Quotes |
| April 10th, 1916 (April 10 1916) | Event | The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. | |
| April 10th, 1915 (April 10 1915) | Birth | Harry Morgan, American actor | |
| April 10th, 1913 (April 10 1913) | Birth | Stefan Heym, German author (died in 2001) | |
| April 10th, 1912 (April 10 1912) | Event | The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage. | |
| April 10th, 1911 (April 10 1911) | Birth | Martin Denny, American musician (died in 2005) | |
| April 10th, 1910 (April 10 1910) | Birth | Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (died in 2004) | |
| April 10th, 1909 (April 10 1909) | Death | Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (born in 1837) | Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes |
| April 10th, 1904 (April 10 1904) | Death | Queen Isabella II of Spain (born in 1830) | |
| April 10th, 1903 (April 10 1903) | Birth | Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, (died in 1987) | |
| April 10th, 1897 (April 10 1897) | Birth | Ross Youngs, American baseball player (died in 1927) | |
| April 10th, 1894 (April 10 1894) | Birth | Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (died in 1983) | |
| April 10th, 1887 (April 10 1887) | Birth | Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (died in 1971) | |
| April 10th, 1882 (April 10 1882) | Birth | Frances Perkins, American politician (died in 1965) | |
| April 10th, 1882 (April 10 1882) | Death | Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (born in 1828) | Dante Gabriel Rossetti Quotes |
| April 10th, 1880 (April 10 1880) | Birth | Montague Summers, English writer (died in 1948) | |
| April 10th, 1880 (April 10 1880) | Birth | Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (died in 1933) | |
| April 10th, 1874 (April 10 1874) | Event | The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. | |
| April 10th, 1869 (April 10 1869) | Event | Jose Marti founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party. | Jose Marti Quotes |
| April 10th, 1868 (April 10 1868) | Event | At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops. | |
| April 10th, 1868 (April 10 1868) | Birth | George Arliss, English actor (died in 1946) | |
| April 10th, 1867 (April 10 1867) | Birth | George William Russell, Irish nationalist (died in 1935) | |
| April 10th, 1866 (April 10 1866) | Event | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. | |
| April 10th, 1865 (April 10 1865) | Event | American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. | |
| April 10th, 1865 (April 10 1865) | Birth | Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (died in 1944) | |
| April 10th, 1864 (April 10 1864) | Event | Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico. | |
| April 10th, 1864 (April 10 1864) | Birth | Eugen d Albert, German composer (died in 1932) | |
| April 10th, 1862 (April 10 1862) | Death | W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (born in 1821) | |
| April 10th, 1858 (April 10 1858) | Event | The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner s of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date. | |
| April 10th, 1857 (April 10 1857) | Event | The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement. | |
| April 10th, 1856 (April 10 1856) | Event | The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University. | |
| April 10th, 1847 (April 10 1847) | Birth | Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (died in 1911) | |
| April 10th, 1837 (April 10 1837) | Birth | Forceythe Willson, American poet (died in 1867) | |
| April 10th, 1829 (April 10 1829) | Birth | William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (died in 1912) | William Booth Quotes |
| April 10th, 1826 (April 10 1826) | Event | The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. | Solon Quotes |
| April 10th, 1823 (April 10 1823) | Death | Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (born in 1757) | Philo Quotes |
| April 10th, 1821 (April 10 1821) | Event | Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. | |
| April 10th, 1816 (April 10 1816) | Event | The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States. | |
| April 10th, 1815 (April 10 1815) | Event | The Mount Tambora volcano begins its peak eruption period that lasts until July 15. | |
| April 10th, 1813 (April 10 1813) | Death | Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (born in 1736) | |
| April 10th, 1796 (April 10 1796) | Birth | James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (died in 1836) | |
| April 10th, 1794 (April 10 1794) | Birth | Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (died in 1858) | |
| April 10th, 1786 (April 10 1786) | Death | John Byron, British naval officer (born in 1723) | |
| April 10th, 1778 (April 10 1778) | Birth | William Hazlitt, English writer (died in 1830) | |
| April 10th, 1762 (April 10 1762) | Birth | Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (died in 1834) | |
| April 10th, 1760 (April 10 1760) | Death | Jean Lebeuf, French historian (born in 1687) | |
| April 10th, 1756 (April 10 1756) | Death | Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (died in 1661) | |
| April 10th, 1755 (April 10 1755) | Birth | Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (died in 1843) | |
| April 10th, 1741 (April 10 1741) | Event | War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz. | |
| April 10th, 1735 (April 10 1735) | Birth | Button Gwinnett, Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (died in 1777) | |
| April 10th, 1713 (April 10 1713) | Birth | John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (died in 1788) | |
| April 10th, 1710 (April 10 1710) | Event | The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain. | |
| April 10th, 1706 (April 10 1706) | Death | Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (born in 1666) | |
| April 10th, 1704 (April 10 1704) | Birth | Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (died in 1766) | |
| April 10th, 1704 (April 10 1704) | Death | William Egon of Furstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (born in 1629) | |
| April 10th, 1656 (April 10 1656) | Birth | Rene Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (died in 1718) | |
| April 10th, 1651 (April 10 1651) | Birth | Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (died in 1708) | |
| April 10th, 1646 (April 10 1646) | Death | Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (born in 1576) | |
| April 10th, 1640 (April 10 1640) | Death | Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (born in 1578) | |
| April 10th, 1619 (April 10 1619) | Death | Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (born in c1550) | |
| April 10th, 1606 (April 10 1606) | Event | The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. | James I of England Quotes |
| April 10th, 1601 (April 10 1601) | Death | Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (born in 1562) | |
| April 10th, 1599 (April 10 1599) | Death | Gabrielle d Estree, mistress of King Henry IV of France (born in 1571) | |
| April 10th, 1585 (April 10 1585) | Death | Pope Gregory XIII (born in 1502) | |
| April 10th, 1583 (April 10 1583) | Birth | Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (died in 1645) | Philo Quotes |
| April 10th, 1545 (April 10 1545) | Death | Costanzo Festa, Italian composer | |
| April 10th, 1533 (April 10 1533) | Death | King Frederick I of Denmark (born in 1471) | |
| April 10th, 1500 (April 10 1500) | Event | Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. | |
| April 10th, 1407 (April 10 1407) | Event | the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma. | |
| April 10th, 1389 (April 10 1389) | Birth | Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence (died in 1464) | |
| April 10th, 0948 (April 10 0948) | Death | King Hugh of Italy | |
| April 10th, 0879 (April 10 0879) | Event | Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. | |
| April 10th, 0879 (April 10 0879) | Death | Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (born in 846) | |
