WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. JULY
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Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. (10. July 48. BC)

Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. (10. July 138)

Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace. (10. July 645)

The Norse King Glun Iarainn recognises Máel Sechnaill II, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin. (10. July 988)

The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground. (10. July 1212)

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton. (10. July 1460)

The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama. (10. July 1499)

Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhengde a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing. (10. July 1519)

Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. (10. July 1553)

William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard. (10. July 1584)

English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place. (10. July 1645)

American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. (10. July 1778)

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. (10. July 1789)

The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. (10. July 1806)

The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain. (10. July 1821)

The U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. (10. July 1832)

Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term. (10. July 1850)

The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain. (10. July 1877)

War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears. (10. July 1882)

Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. (10. July 1890)

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