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Historical Events on June 10

  • Frederick I of Denmark

    1523

    Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city won't recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.

  • Battle of Big Bethel

    1861

    American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.

  • United States Marine Corps

    1898

    Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.

  • Reinhard Heydrich

    1942

    World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.

  • Nelson Mandela

    1980

    The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.

  • Sinn Féin

    1996

    Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.

  • Slobodan Milošević

    1999

    Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

  • Pope John Paul II

    2001

    Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.