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| October 10th, 2019 (October 10 2019) | Death | Germanicus, Roman general (born in 15 BC) | |
| October 10th, 2007 (October 10 2007) | Death | Mehmed Uzun, Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. (born in 1953) | |
| October 10th, 2006 (October 10 2006) | Death | Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (born in 1932) | |
| October 10th, 2006 (October 10 2006) | Death | Ian Scott, Canadian politician (born in 1934) | |
| October 10th, 2005 (October 10 2005) | Event | Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election. She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year. | |
| October 10th, 2005 (October 10 2005) | Death | Wayne Booth, American literary critic (born in 1921) | |
| October 10th, 2005 (October 10 2005) | Death | Milton Obote, President of Uganda (born in 1925) | |
| October 10th, 2004 (October 10 2004) | Death | Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born in 1963) | |
| October 10th, 2004 (October 10 2004) | Death | Christopher Reeve, American actor (born in 1952) | Christopher Reeve Quotes |
| October 10th, 2004 (October 10 2004) | Death | Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (born in 1915) | |
| October 10th, 2004 (October 10 2004) | Death | Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (born in 1932) | |
| October 10th, 2003 (October 10 2003) | Death | Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born in 1925) | |
| October 10th, 2002 (October 10 2002) | Death | Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (born in 1948) | |
| October 10th, 2001 (October 10 2001) | Death | Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (born in 1911) | |
| October 10th, 2001 (October 10 2001) | Death | Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (born in 1917) | |
| October 10th, 2000 (October 10 2000) | Death | Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born in 1916) | |
| October 10th, 1998 (October 10 1998) | Death | Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense (born in 1906) | |
| October 10th, 1998 (October 10 1998) | Death | Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (born in 1957) | |
| October 10th, 1997 (October 10 1997) | Event | An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74. | |
| October 10th, 1995 (October 10 1995) | Event | South African President Nelson Mandela attends Genadendal. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| October 10th, 1991 (October 10 1991) | Birth | Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer | |
| October 10th, 1990 (October 10 1990) | Death | Tom Murton, American penologist (born in 1928) | |
| October 10th, 1986 (October 10 1986) | Event | An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people. | |
| October 10th, 1986 (October 10 1986) | Death | Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (born in 1899) | |
| October 10th, 1985 (October 10 1985) | Event | United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested. | |
| October 10th, 1985 (October 10 1985) | Birth | Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist | |
| October 10th, 1985 (October 10 1985) | Birth | Aaron Himelstein, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1985 (October 10 1985) | Death | Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (born in 1920) | |
| October 10th, 1985 (October 10 1985) | Death | Orson Welles, American director and actor (born in 1915) | Orson Welles Quotes |
| October 10th, 1984 (October 10 1984) | Birth | Rod Benson, American basketball player | |
| October 10th, 1984 (October 10 1984) | Birth | Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer | |
| October 10th, 1984 (October 10 1984) | Birth | Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress | Chiaki Kuriyama Quotes |
| October 10th, 1984 (October 10 1984) | Birth | Paul Posluszny, American football player | |
| October 10th, 1984 (October 10 1984) | Birth | Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player | |
| October 10th, 1983 (October 10 1983) | Birth | Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| October 10th, 1983 (October 10 1983) | Death | Ralph Richardson, English actor (born in 1902) | |
| October 10th, 1982 (October 10 1982) | Birth | Amon Buchanan, Australian rules footballer | |
| October 10th, 1982 (October 10 1982) | Birth | Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver | |
| October 10th, 1982 (October 10 1982) | Death | Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born in 1908) | |
| October 10th, 1981 (October 10 1981) | Birth | Michael Oliver, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1980 (October 10 1980) | Birth | Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer | |
| October 10th, 1980 (October 10 1980) | Birth | Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends) | |
| October 10th, 1980 (October 10 1980) | Birth | Sherine, Egyptian singer | |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Birth | Mya Harrison, American singer | |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Birth | Nicolas Massu, Chilean tennis player | |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Birth | Wu Chun, Brunei Born Taiwanese Actor | |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Birth | Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. | |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Death | Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (born in 1931) | Evans Quotes |
| October 10th, 1979 (October 10 1979) | Death | Paul Paray, French conductor (born in 1886) | |
| October 10th, 1978 (October 10 1978) | Birth | Jodi Lyn O Keefe, American actress | |
| October 10th, 1978 (October 10 1978) | Death | Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (born in 1910) | |
| October 10th, 1978 (October 10 1978) | Death | Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (born in 1914) | |
| October 10th, 1977 (October 10 1977) | Death | Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (born in 1930) | |
| October 10th, 1976 (October 10 1976) | Birth | Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder | |
| October 10th, 1976 (October 10 1976) | Birth | Pat Burrell, American baseball player | |
| October 10th, 1976 (October 10 1976) | Death | Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (born in 1939) | |
| October 10th, 1975 (October 10 1975) | Birth | Ramon Morales, Mexican footballer | |
| October 10th, 1975 (October 10 1975) | Birth | Placido Polanco, Dominican baseball player | |
| October 10th, 1974 (October 10 1974) | Birth | Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver | |
| October 10th, 1974 (October 10 1974) | Birth | Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor | |
| October 10th, 1974 (October 10 1974) | Birth | Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer | |
| October 10th, 1974 (October 10 1974) | Birth | Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 10th, 1973 (October 10 1973) | Event | Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion. | Spiro Agnew Quotes |
| October 10th, 1973 (October 10 1973) | Birth | Mario Lopez, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1973 (October 10 1973) | Birth | Semmy Schilt, Dutch kickboxer | |
| October 10th, 1972 (October 10 1972) | Birth | Alexei Zhitnik, Russian ice hockey player | |
| October 10th, 1972 (October 10 1972) | Birth | Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter | |
| October 10th, 1971 (October 10 1971) | Event | Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. | |
| October 10th, 1971 (October 10 1971) | Birth | Ian Bennett, English footballer | |
| October 10th, 1971 (October 10 1971) | Birth | Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist | |
| October 10th, 1971 (October 10 1971) | Death | John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (born in 1901) | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Event | Fiji becomes independent. | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Event | In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group. | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Dean Kiely, Irish footballer | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Bai Ling, Chinese American actress | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Corinna May, German singer | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Mohammed Mourhit, Belgian athlete | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Birth | Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower | |
| October 10th, 1970 (October 10 1970) | Death | Edouard Daladier, French politician (born in 1884) | |
| October 10th, 1969 (October 10 1969) | Event | King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, considered by many to be the first progressive rock album. | |
| October 10th, 1969 (October 10 1969) | Birth | Brett Favre, American football player | Brett Favre Quotes |
| October 10th, 1969 (October 10 1969) | Birth | Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress | |
| October 10th, 1968 (October 10 1968) | Birth | Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker | |
| October 10th, 1967 (October 10 1967) | Event | The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force. | |
| October 10th, 1967 (October 10 1967) | Birth | Jonathan Littell, French-American writer | |
| October 10th, 1966 (October 10 1966) | Birth | Tony Adams, English footballer | |
| October 10th, 1965 (October 10 1965) | Birth | Chris Penn, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| October 10th, 1965 (October 10 1965) | Birth | Clive Jones, British engineer | |
| October 10th, 1965 (October 10 1965) | Birth | Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress | |
| October 10th, 1965 (October 10 1965) | Birth | Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) | |
| October 10th, 1965 (October 10 1965) | Birth | Steve Scalise, American Politician | |
| October 10th, 1964 (October 10 1964) | Event | The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite. | |
| October 10th, 1964 (October 10 1964) | Birth | Sarah Lancashire, English actress | |
| October 10th, 1964 (October 10 1964) | Birth | Quinton Flynn, American voice actor | |
| October 10th, 1964 (October 10 1964) | Death | Eddie Cantor, American singer and vaudeville performer (born in 1892) | |
| October 10th, 1964 (October 10 1964) | Death | Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (born in 1888) | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Event | France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia. | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Birth | Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (died in 2003) | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Birth | Daniel Pearl, American journalist (died in 2002) | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Birth | Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Birth | Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier. | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Death | Edith Piaf, French singer (born in 1915) | |
| October 10th, 1963 (October 10 1963) | Death | Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (born in 1893) | |
| October 10th, 1961 (October 10 1961) | Birth | Jodi Benson, American voice actress | |
| October 10th, 1961 (October 10 1961) | Birth | Henrik Jorgensen, Danish marathon runner | |
| October 10th, 1961 (October 10 1961) | Birth | Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian | |
| October 10th, 1961 (October 10 1961) | Birth | Martin Kemp (actor), British musician (Spandau Ballet) and actor | |
| October 10th, 1960 (October 10 1960) | Birth | Eric Martin, American singer (Mr. Big) | |
| October 10th, 1960 (October 10 1960) | Birth | Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 10th, 1959 (October 10 1959) | Birth | Kirsty MacColl, English singer (died in 2000) | |
| October 10th, 1959 (October 10 1959) | Birth | Bradley Whitford, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1958 (October 10 1958) | Birth | Tanya Tucker, American singer | |
| October 10th, 1957 (October 10 1957) | Event | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| October 10th, 1957 (October 10 1957) | Event | The Windscale fire in Cumbria, UK becomes the world s first major nuclear accident. | |
| October 10th, 1957 (October 10 1957) | Birth | Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist | |
| October 10th, 1957 (October 10 1957) | Death | Karl Genzken, Nazi physician (born in 1885) | |
| October 10th, 1956 (October 10 1956) | Birth | Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress | |
| October 10th, 1956 (October 10 1956) | Birth | Mark Gordon, American film producer | |
| October 10th, 1954 (October 10 1954) | Event | The Communist Party of Honduras is founded. | |
| October 10th, 1954 (October 10 1954) | Birth | Rekha, Bollywood actress | |
| October 10th, 1954 (October 10 1954) | Birth | David Lee Roth, American singer (Van Halen) | |
| October 10th, 1953 (October 10 1953) | Birth | Midge Ure, Scottish musician | |
| October 10th, 1953 (October 10 1953) | Birth | Gus Williams, American basketball player | |
| October 10th, 1951 (October 10 1951) | Birth | Epeli Ganilau, Fijian statesman | |
| October 10th, 1948 (October 10 1948) | Birth | Severine, French singer | |
| October 10th, 1948 (October 10 1948) | Birth | Ed Volker, American musician | |
| October 10th, 1948 (October 10 1948) | Death | Ted Horn, American race car driver (b.1910) | |
| October 10th, 1947 (October 10 1947) | Birth | Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (died in 1998) | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Charles Dance, English actor | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Naoto Kan, Japanese politician | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | John Prine, American singer | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Ben Vereen, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 10th, 1946 (October 10 1946) | Birth | Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer | |
| October 10th, 1945 (October 10 1945) | Event | The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement. | |
| October 10th, 1944 (October 10 1944) | Event | Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp. | |
| October 10th, 1943 (October 10 1943) | Event | Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore | |
| October 10th, 1943 (October 10 1943) | Birth | Frederick Barthelme, American author | |
| October 10th, 1942 (October 10 1942) | Event | Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia. | |
| October 10th, 1942 (October 10 1942) | Birth | Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister | |
| October 10th, 1941 (October 10 1941) | Birth | Peter Coyote, American actor | |
| October 10th, 1940 (October 10 1940) | Death | Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (born in 1876) | |
| October 10th, 1939 (October 10 1939) | Birth | Joseph Pitts, American politician | |
| October 10th, 1939 (October 10 1939) | Death | Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (born in 1895) | |
| October 10th, 1938 (October 10 1938) | Event | The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany. | |
| October 10th, 1938 (October 10 1938) | Birth | Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer | |
| October 10th, 1938 (October 10 1938) | Death | Ataturk died-The Founder of The Republic of Turkey | |
| October 10th, 1936 (October 10 1936) | Birth | Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007. | |
| October 10th, 1935 (October 10 1935) | Event | A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg. As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers are constructed after this date. | |
| October 10th, 1935 (October 10 1935) | Birth | Abu Jihad, Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (died in 1988) | |
| October 10th, 1935 (October 10 1935) | Birth | Andre Bureau, French Canadian communications executive | |
| October 10th, 1933 (October 10 1933) | Event | United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. | |
| October 10th, 1933 (October 10 1933) | Birth | Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (died in 1969) | |
| October 10th, 1932 (October 10 1932) | Birth | Harry Smith, English footballer | |
| October 10th, 1930 (October 10 1930) | Birth | Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died in 1957) | |
| October 10th, 1930 (October 10 1930) | Birth | Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 10th, 1930 (October 10 1930) | Birth | Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel laureate | |
| October 10th, 1930 (October 10 1930) | Birth | Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (died in 1970) | |
| October 10th, 1930 (October 10 1930) | Death | Adolf Engler, German botanist (born in 1844) | |
| October 10th, 1927 (October 10 1927) | Birth | Dana Elcar, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| October 10th, 1927 (October 10 1927) | Death | Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (born in 1874) | |
| October 10th, 1926 (October 10 1926) | Birth | Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died in 1997) | |
| October 10th, 1925 (October 10 1925) | Birth | Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (died in 2001) | |
| October 10th, 1924 (October 10 1924) | Birth | James Clavell, Australian author (died in 1994) | |
| October 10th, 1924 (October 10 1924) | Birth | Ed Wood, American filmmaker (died in 1978) | |
| October 10th, 1924 (October 10 1924) | Birth | Ludmilla Tcherina, French ballet dancer and actress (died in 2004) | |
| October 10th, 1923 (October 10 1923) | Birth | Nicholas Parsons, English actor | |
| October 10th, 1920 (October 10 1920) | Event | The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria. | |
| October 10th, 1919 (October 10 1919) | Event | Richard Strauss opera Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in Vienna. | Richard Strauss Quotes |
| October 10th, 1917 (October 10 1917) | Birth | Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (died in 1982) | |
| October 10th, 1914 (October 10 1914) | Birth | Tommy Fine, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| October 10th, 1914 (October 10 1914) | Birth | Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer (died in 1974) | |
| October 10th, 1914 (October 10 1914) | Death | King Carol I of Romania (born in 1839) | |
| October 10th, 1913 (October 10 1913) | Event | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal. | |
| October 10th, 1913 (October 10 1913) | Birth | Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (died in 2005) | |
| October 10th, 1913 (October 10 1913) | Death | Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1848) | |
| October 10th, 1913 (October 10 1913) | Death | Adolphus Busch, American brewer (Anheuser-Busch) (born in 1839) | |
| October 10th, 1911 (October 10 1911) | Event | Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. | |
| October 10th, 1911 (October 10 1911) | Event | The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton. | |
| October 10th, 1910 (October 10 1910) | Event | Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University. | |
| October 10th, 1909 (October 10 1909) | Birth | Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director | |
| October 10th, 1908 (October 10 1908) | Birth | Johnny Green, American songwriter, arranger and conductor (died in 1989) | |
| October 10th, 1908 (October 10 1908) | Birth | Merce Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (died in 1983) | |
| October 10th, 1906 (October 10 1906) | Birth | Paul Creston, American composer (died in 1985) | |
| October 10th, 1906 (October 10 1906) | Birth | R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (died in 2001) | |
| October 10th, 1903 (October 10 1903) | Birth | Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (died in 1969) | |
| October 10th, 1903 (October 10 1903) | Birth | Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (died in 1983) | |
| October 10th, 1901 (October 10 1901) | Birth | Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (died in 1966) | Alberto Giacometti Quotes |
| October 10th, 1901 (October 10 1901) | Death | Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in 1814) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| October 10th, 1900 (October 10 1900) | Birth | Helen Hayes, American actress (died in 1993) | Helen Hayes Quotes |
| October 10th, 1898 (October 10 1898) | Birth | Lilly Dache, French-born milliner (died in 1989) | |
| October 10th, 1895 (October 10 1895) | Birth | Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (died in 1935) | |
| October 10th, 1895 (October 10 1895) | Birth | Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (died in 1945) | |
| October 10th, 1893 (October 10 1893) | Death | Lip Pike, American baseball player (born in 1845) | |
| October 10th, 1889 (October 10 1889) | Event | Barnard College is founded. | |
| October 10th, 1889 (October 10 1889) | Birth | Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (died in 1947) | |
| October 10th, 1885 (October 10 1885) | Birth | Walter Anderson, German folklorist (died in 1962) | |
| October 10th, 1876 (October 10 1876) | Death | Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (born in 1814) | |
| October 10th, 1875 (October 10 1875) | Death | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (born in 1817) | |
| October 10th, 1872 (October 10 1872) | Death | William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (born in 1801) | |
| October 10th, 1870 (October 10 1870) | Birth | Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1953) | |
| October 10th, 1868 (October 10 1868) | Event | Carlos Cespedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba s independence. | |
| October 10th, 1864 (October 10 1864) | Birth | T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (died in 1924) | |
| October 10th, 1863 (October 10 1863) | Birth | Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (died in 1912) | |
| October 10th, 1863 (October 10 1863) | Birth | Helen Dunbar, American actress (died in 1933) | |
| October 10th, 1861 (October 10 1861) | Birth | Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (died in 1930) | |
| October 10th, 1860 (October 10 1860) | Event | The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee. | |
| October 10th, 1845 (October 10 1845) | Event | In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. | |
| October 10th, 1837 (October 10 1837) | Birth | Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (died in 1863) | |
| October 10th, 1837 (October 10 1837) | Death | Charles Fourier, French philosopher (born in 1772) | Philo Quotes |
| October 10th, 1834 (October 10 1834) | Birth | Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (died in 1872) | |
| October 10th, 1830 (October 10 1830) | Birth | Queen Isabella II of Spain (died in 1904) | |
| October 10th, 1828 (October 10 1828) | Birth | Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died in 1890) | |
| October 10th, 1827 (October 10 1827) | Death | Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (born in 1778) | |
| October 10th, 1825 (October 10 1825) | Birth | Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (died in 1904) | |
| October 10th, 1819 (October 10 1819) | Birth | Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (died in 1883) | |
| October 10th, 1813 (October 10 1813) | Birth | Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (died in 1901) | |
| October 10th, 1806 (October 10 1806) | Death | Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (born in 1772) | |
| October 10th, 1795 (October 10 1795) | Death | Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (born in 1714) | |
| October 10th, 1794 (October 10 1794) | Birth | William Whiting Boardman, American politician (died in 1871) | |
| October 10th, 1780 (October 10 1780) | Event | The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean. | |
| October 10th, 1780 (October 10 1780) | Birth | John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (died in 1844) | John Scott Quotes |
| October 10th, 1765 (October 10 1765) | Death | Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born in 1688) | |
| October 10th, 1759 (October 10 1759) | Death | Granville Elliott, British military officer (born in 1713) | |
| October 10th, 1747 (October 10 1747) | Death | John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1674) | |
| October 10th, 1731 (October 10 1731) | Birth | Henry Cavendish, British scientist (died in 1810) | |
| October 10th, 1725 (October 10 1725) | Death | Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (born in 1643) | |
| October 10th, 1723 (October 10 1723) | Death | William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (born in 1665) | William Cowper Quotes |
| October 10th, 1720 (October 10 1720) | Death | Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (born in 1640) | |
| October 10th, 1714 (October 10 1714) | Death | Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (born in 1646) | |
| October 10th, 1708 (October 10 1708) | Death | David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (born in 1659) | |
| October 10th, 1700 (October 10 1700) | Birth | Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (died in 1759) | |
| October 10th, 1691 (October 10 1691) | Death | Isaac de Benserade, French poet (born in 1613) | Isaac de Benserade Quotes |
| October 10th, 1684 (October 10 1684) | Birth | Antoine Watteau, French painter (died in 1721) | |
| October 10th, 1678 (October 10 1678) | Birth | John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (died in 1743) | John Scott Quotes |
| October 10th, 1674 (October 10 1674) | Death | Thomas Traherne, English poet | |
| October 10th, 1659 (October 10 1659) | Death | Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (born in 1603) | |
| October 10th, 1631 (October 10 1631) | Event | A Saxon army takes over Prague. | |
| October 10th, 1582 (October 10 1582) | Event | Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 10th, 1575 (October 10 1575) | Event | Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others. | |
| October 10th, 1567 (October 10 1567) | Birth | Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (died in 1597) | |
| October 10th, 1531 (October 10 1531) | Death | Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (killed in battle) (born in 1484) | |
| October 10th, 1471 (October 10 1471) | Event | Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark. | |
| October 10th, 1459 (October 10 1459) | Death | Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist and classicist (born in 1380) | |
| October 10th, 1359 (October 10 1359) | Death | King Hugh IV of Cyprus (born in 1295) | |
| October 10th, 1344 (October 10 1344) | Birth | Mary Plantagenet,English princess (died in 1362) | |
| October 10th, 0833 (October 10 0833) | Death | al-Ma mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (born in 786) | |
| October 10th, 0732 (October 10 0732) | Event | Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle. | |
| October 10th, 0732 (October 10 0732) | Death | Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia | |
| October 10th, 0680 (October 10 0680) | Event | Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi a Muslims as Aashurah. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| October 10th, 0680 (October 10 0680) | Death | 10 Muharram Husayn ibn Ali (AS) , Shi a Imam, Muhammad s grandson (born in 626) | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
