On this day: 10 September
Events, births and deaths on 10 September. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Charlie Kirk
- Events · assassination of Charlie Kirk
- Events · Iztapalapa explosion of 2025
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
- Births · Beryl Cook
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 954 · Deaths · Louis IV of France
Events · 22
- 1419(Julian date)assassination of John the Fearless — medieval assassination of a French prince
- 1547(Julian date)Battle of Pinkie — 1547 Anglo-Scottish battle
- 1622Great Genna Martyrdom — 1622 execution of 55 Christians in Nagasaki
- 1640Catalan Republic — former independent state south of France and east of Spain (1640-1641)
- 1779Battle of Lake Pontchartrain — 1779 naval battle
- 1798Battle of St. George's Caye — 1798 battle during Anglo-Spanish War
- 1813Battle of Lake Erie — battle in the War of 1812
- 1897Lattimer massacre — Massacre
- 1919Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye — treaty signed on 10 September 1919
- 1939Canadian declaration of war on Germany — official declaration of war by Canada on the German Empire
- 1945Shangdang Campaign — series of battles in the Chinese Civil War (Sept-Oct 1945)
- 1960athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's marathon — men's marathon events at the Olympics
- 19611961 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961
- 19611961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash — 1961 aircraft accident in Ireland
- 19671967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum — referendum of Gibraltarian citizens to determine if they wished to pass under Spanish sovereignty
- 19761976 Zagreb mid-air collision — fatal mid air collision in 1976
- 1976TWA Flight 355 — aircraft hijacking
- 1996Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty — international treaty to ban nuclear explosions
- 2000Operation Barras — 2000 military hostage rescue operation
- 20002000 Hong Kong legislative election — elections in Hong Kong
- 2025assassination of Charlie Kirk — 2025 murder in Orem, Utah, US
- 2025Iztapalapa explosion of 2025 — Deflagration of LP gas in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico
Births · 60
- 1384Lê Thái Tổ — Founding Emperor of the Later Lê dynasty
- 1487(Julian date)Julius III — pope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555
- 1624Thomas Sydenham — English physician (1624–1689)
- 1638Maria Theresa of Spain — Queen Consort of France (1660-1683)
- 1659Henry Purcell — English composer (1659–1695)
- 1786Nicolás Bravo — President of Mexico (1786-1854)
- 1839Charles Sanders Peirce — American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
- 1857James Edward Keeler — American astronomer (1857–1900)
- 1860Marianne von Werefkin — Russian-German-Swiss expressionist painter (1860–1938)
- 1864Carl Correns — German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933)
- 1866Jeppe Aakjær — Danish poet and novelist (1866–1930)
- 1886H.D. — American Imagist poet (1886–1961)
- 1887Giovanni Gronchi — 3rd President of Italy (1887-1978)
- 1890Franz Werfel — Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)
- 1890Elsa Schiaparelli — Italian fashion designer and couturier (1890–1973)
- 1890Mortimer Wheeler — British archaeologist (1890-1976)
- 1892Arthur Holly Compton — American physicist (1892–1962)
- 1897Georges Bataille — French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)
- 1898Bessie Love — American actress (1898–1986)
- 1912Basappa Danappa Jatti — Indian politician (1912-2002)
- 1914Robert Wise — American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005)
- 1915Edmond O'Brien — American actor (1915–1985)
- 1928Jean Vanier — Canadian humanitarian, Catholic philosopher, and theologian (1928–2019)
- 1929Arnold Palmer — American golfer (1929–2016)
- 1931Philip Baker Hall — American actor (1931–2022)
Deaths · 60
- 918(Julian date)Baldwin II — margrave of Flanders
- 954(Julian date)Louis IV of France — King of West Francia from 936 to 954
- 1167Empress Matilda — Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne
- 1197(Julian date)Henry II, Count of Champagne — Count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and King of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197
- 1305(Julian date)Nicholas of Tolentino — Italian saint and mystic
- 1308(Julian date)Go-Nijō — 94th emperor of Japan
- 1364Robert, Prince of Taranto — son of Prince Philip I of Taranto and Empress Catherine II of Valois
- 1382(Julian date)Louis I of Hungary — King of Hungary, Poland and Croatia
- 1384(Julian date)Joan, Duchess of Brittany — French duchess (1319–1384)
- 1419(Julian date)John the Fearless — Duke of Burgundy
- 1482(Julian date)Federico da Montefeltro — condottiere of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino
- 1504(Julian date)Philibert II, Duke of Savoy — Claimant king of Jerusalem
- 1519(Julian date)John Colet — English priest
- 1607Luzzasco Luzzaschi — Italian composer and organist
- 1669Henrietta Maria of France — queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I
- 1676Gerrard Winstanley — English reformer and activist (1609-1676)
- 1749Émilie du Châtelet — Era chiná physicist, and author (1706-1749)
- 1797Mary Wollstonecraft — English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
- 1842Letitia Christian Tyler — First Lady of the United States (1790-1842)
- 1842William Hobson — first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi (1792-1842)
- 1845Joseph Story — American jurist (1779–1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845
- 1851Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet — American educator and founder of the American School for the Deaf
- 1867Simon Sechter — Austrian composer
- 1889Charles III, Prince of Monaco — Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 1856
- 1898Empress Elisabeth of Austria — Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898)
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