Historical events on June 10
JUNE 10, 1692
Bridget Bishop became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
Bridget Bishop was a midwife and the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged,
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JUNE 10, 1329
Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The heavily armed Byzantine army was defeated by Ottoman forces at the Battle of Pelekanon.
The Byzantine–Ottoman wars were a series of decisive conflicts between the Byzantine Greeks and Ottoman Turks and their allies that led to
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JUNE 10, 1918
World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast, killing 89 of the crew.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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JUNE 10, 1838
At least 28 unarmed Indigenous Australians were massacred at Myall Creek, New South Wales.
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary
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JUNE 10, 1886
Mount Tarawera, a volcano in New Zealand's North Island, erupted, killing around 120 people and creating the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.
Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres
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JUNE 10, 1916
Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and independent Arab state.
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was an Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif
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JUNE 10, 2008
War in Afghanistan: A U.S. airstrike resulted in the reported deaths of eleven paramilitary members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United
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JUNE 10, 1624
Thirty Years' War: France and the Dutch Republic concluded the Treaty of Compiègne, a mutual defence alliance.
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European
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JUNE 10, 1782
King Rama I moved into the Grand Palace in Bangkok, which has remained the royal residence of Siam and Thailand since then.
Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first King of
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JUNE 10, 1957
Led by John Diefenbaker (pictured), the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of House of Commons seats in the Canadian federal election.
John George Diefenbaker DEE-fən-bay-kər; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to
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JUNE 10, 2008
Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashed on landing at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 of the 214 occupants on board.
Sudan Airways Flight 109 was a scheduled international Amman–Damascus–Khartoum passenger flight, operated with an Airbus A310 by the flag carrier of Sudan,
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JUNE 10, 1190
Third Crusade: Frederick Barbarossa (pictured), Holy Roman Emperor, drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England and Emperor Frederick
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JUNE 10, 731
Tatwine was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury
Tatwine was the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734. Prior to becoming archbishop, he was a monk and abbot of
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JUNE 10, 1878
The League of Prizren was officially founded to "struggle in arms to defend the wholeness of the territories of Albania".
The League of Prizren, officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation, was an Albanian political organization
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JUNE 10, 1913
During a labor strike in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police opened fire into a crowd of strikers, killing one and injuring several others.
The 1913 Ipswich Mills strike was a labor strike involving textile workers in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. The strike began on April
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JUNE 10, 1861
American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in York County, Virginia.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in
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JUNE 10, 1987
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out across South Korea.
The June Democratic Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and the June Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South
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