What is June 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1925 === * [[1190]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]] drowns in the [[River Saleph]] while leading an [[army]] to [[Jerusalem]]. * [[1329]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Pelekanon]] results in a [[Byzantine Empire]] defeat against the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[1523]] &ndash; [[Copenhagen]] is surrounded by the army of [[Frederick I of Denmark]], as the city does not recognize him as successor to [[Christian II of Denmark]]. * [[1539]] &ndash; [[Council of Trent]]: [[Pope Paul III]] sends out letters to his [[bishop]]s, delaying the council due to [[war]] and the difficulty the [[bishop]]s had in travelling to [[Venice]]. * [[1596]] &ndash; [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bear Island]], the southernmost island of [[Svalbard]], is discovered by [[Willem Barentsz]]. * [[1619]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Zablati]], turning point in the [[Bohemia]]n revolt. * [[1692]] &ndash; In [[Salem, Massachusetts]] [[Bridget Bishop]] becomes the first person to be executed during the [[Salem Witch Trials]], for alleged [[witch]]craft. * [[1719]] &ndash; [[Jacobite]] uprising: The [[Battle of Glen Shiel]] takes place. * [[1770]] &ndash; [[James Cook]]'s ship [[HMS Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour'']] runs aground on the [[Great Barrier Reef]]. * [[1786]] &ndash; A [[landslide]] [[dam]] created by an [[earthquake]] ten days earlier, in [[Sichuan]], [[China]], collapses, killing 10,000 people. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: Following the arrests of [[Girondin]] leaders, the [[Jacobin]]s gain control of the committee of public safety, installing the revolutionary dictatorship. * [[1829]] &ndash; [[The Boat Race]] between [[Oxford University]] and [[Cambridge University]] takes place for the first time. * [[1838]] &ndash; Myall Creek Massacre: 28 [[Australia]]n [[Aboriginal]]s are killed. * [[1854]] &ndash; The First Class of [[US]] Naval Academy students graduate. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Big Bethel]] – Confederate forces under