What are the important events that happened on April 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 10 is the 100^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 28, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,744,243,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 313 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,493 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 10 Historical Events

• 1821 –
  Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
• 1826 –
  The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi start leaving the town after a year’s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
• 1856 –
  The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
• 1864 –
  Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
• 1868 –
  At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
• 1957 –
  The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• 1968 –
  Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
• 1972 –
  20 days after he is kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
• 1991 –
  Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
• 2009 –
  President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he will suspend the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.

Who were born on April 10?

• 1512 –
  James V of Scotland, Scottish king (d. 1542)
• 1865 –
  Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
• 1903 –
  Clare Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
• 1930 –
  Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
• 1958 –
  Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
• 1979 –
  Shemekia Copeland, American singer
• 1981 –
  Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
• 1984 –
  Cara DeLizia, American actress
• 1990 –
  Ben Amos, English footballer
• 1991 –
  A.J. Michalka, American actress and singer

Who died on April 10?

• 948 –
  King Hugh of Italy
• 1640 –
  Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
• 1704 –
  William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
• 1706 –
  Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
• 1756 –
  Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
• 1904 –
  Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
• 1992 –
  Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
• 2005 –
  Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
• 2010 –
  Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, including: Anna Walentynowicz, Polish free trade activist (b. 1929)
• 2010 –
  Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, including: Janusz Zakrzeński, Polish actor (b. 1936)