What is November 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[1444]] &ndash; [[Battle of Varna]]: King [[Wladyslaw of Poland|Wladyslaw]] of [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]] is killed, after defeat to the [[Turkey|Turks]] under [[Murad II]]. * [[1520]] &ndash; King [[Christian II of Denmark]] orders the execution of dozens of people in the [[Stockholm]] Bloodbath, after successfully invading [[Sweden]]. * [[1619]] &ndash; [[René Descartes]] has the [[dream]]s that inspire his Meditations on First [[Philosophy]]. * [[1674]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands]] cedes the [[New Netherland]] to [[England]]. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[United States Marine Corps]] is created. * [[1799]] &ndash; [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] becomes French consul. * [[1821]] &ndash; Cry of [[Independence]] by [[Rufina Alfaro]] at La Villa de los Santos, [[Panama]], sets into motion a revolt which will lead to [[Panama]]'s independence from [[Spain]] and to it immediately becoming part of [[Colombia]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Passenger]] [[ship]] ''Stephen Whitney'' is wrecked in thick [[fog]] off [[Ireland]], killing 92 out of the 110 people on board. * [[1865]] &ndash; Major [[Henry Wirz]], superintendent of a [[prison]] camp in Andersonville, Georgia, [[US]], is hanged. * [[1871]] &ndash; [[Henry Morton Stanley]] locates the explorer [[David Livingstone]] in Ujiji, [[Tanzania]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; At Cabo Vilan, [[Spain]], British [[ship]] HMS ''Serpent'' of the [[Royal Navy]] sinks in stormy seas, killing 172 people, with 3 being able to swim to safety. * [[1909]] &ndash; The first outdoor [[ice rink]] opens in [[Vienna]]. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II of Germany]], following the declaring of a [[Republic]] in [[Germany]], goes into exile in the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1928]] &ndash; Coronation of [[Hirohito]] as Emperor of [[Japan]]. * [[1938]] &ndash; The [[Kristallnacht]] ends. About 30 000 [[Judaism|Jews]] are moved to [[concentration camp]]s, and over 1500 [[synagogue]]s are partly destroyed. * [[1938]] &ndash; [[President of Turkey]] [[Mustafa Kemal Atat