October 10

What happened on October 10 in history

6 events fall on October 10, from 732 to 1970. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on October 10

  1. 732

    The Battle of Tours

    Charles Martel halts an Umayyad advance in Francia.

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  2. 1780

    The Great Hurricane of 1780

    The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record strikes the Lesser Antilles.

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  3. 1845

    The Naval Academy opens

    The United States begins training officers at Annapolis.

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  4. 1911

    The Xinhai Revolution begins

    An uprising at Wuchang leads to the fall of the Qing dynasty.

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  5. 1957

    The Windscale fire

    A reactor burns in Cumbria in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

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  6. 1970

    Fiji becomes independent

    Ninety-six years of British rule end.

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