What is April 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} __TOC__ == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[428]] &ndash; [[Nestorius]] becomes [[Patriarch]] of [[Constantinople]]. * [[837]] &ndash; Closest approach between [[Halley's Comet]] and [[Earth]]. * [[879]] &ndash; [[Louis III of France|Louis III]] and [[Carloman II]] become joint [[King]]s of the West Franks. * [[1500]] &ndash; [[Ludovico Sforza]] is captured by the Swiss troops at [[Novara]]. * [[1606]] &ndash; The [[Virginia]] [[Company]] of [[London]] is established by royal charter with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in [[North America]]. * [[1710]] &ndash; The [[Statute]] of [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]], the first [[law]] against [[copyright]], enters into force in [[Great Britain]]. * [[1741]] &ndash; [[Prussia]] defeats [[Austria]] in the [[Battle of Mollwitz]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[War of the Fifth Coalition]] starts, when forces of the [[Austrian Empire]] invade [[Bavaria]]. * [[1815]] &ndash; [[Mount Tambora]] eruption covers several islands with ash in [[Indonesia]]. * [[1816]] &ndash; The [[United States|U.S.]] government approved the creation of a [[Second Bank of the United States]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople]] is hanged by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; [[Walter Hunt]] receives a patent for the [[safety pin]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; Maximilian of [[Habsburg]] is proclaimed [[Emperor]] [[Maximilian I of Mexico]], during the French intervention in [[Mexico]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: A day after his surrender to [[United States|Union]] forces, [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Robert E. Lee]] addresses his troops for the last time. * [[1874]] &ndash; The first [[Arbor Day]] is celebrated in [[Nebraska]]. * [[1887]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo XIII]], on [[Easter]] Sunday, authorizes the creation of [[The Catholic University of America]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; [[Spyridon Louis]] wins the first [[marathon]] of the modern [[Olympic Games]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [