1521
Fall of Tenochtitlan
Siege · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
On this day
10 May
396 events in the atlas are dated to 10 May, from 31 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 396 events
- 31 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1775
Second Continental Congress
Political · North America · 1775 – 1781
1801
First Barbary War
War · North Africa · 1801 – 1805
1857
Indian Mutiny of 1857
War · South Asia · 1857 – 1858
1940
Battle of France
Battle · Europe
2018
2018 Pacific hurricane season
Event
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 2 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 30 events- 1775Second Continental CongressPolitical · North America · 1775 – 1781
- 1521Fall of TenochtitlanSiege · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1738Nadir Shah's invasion of IndiaConquest · South Asia · 1738 – 1740
- 1775Capture of Fort TiconderogaBattle · North America
- 1796Battle of LodiBattle · Europe
- 15561556 Rosanna earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1719Capture of Eilean Donan CastleEvent · Europe
- 1552Battle of AkatsukaBattle · East Asia
- 1794Battle at CourtraiBattle · Europe
- 1796Storming of DerbentSiege · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 42 events- 1857Indian Mutiny of 1857War · South Asia · 1857 – 1858
- 1801First Barbary WarWar · North Africa · 1801 – 1805
- 1801Barbary WarsWar · 1801 – 1815
- 1868Battle of Utsunomiya CastleBattle · East Asia
- 1849Astor Place RiotProtest · North America
- 1897Brussels International Exposition (1897)Event · Europe
- 18771877 Off North Coast earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1861Camp Jackson AffairAttack · North America
- 1802French constitutional referendum, 1802Election · Europe
- 1875Whiskey RingCrime · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 185 events- 1940Battle of FranceBattle · Europe
- 1993Kyrgyz somEvent · Central Asia
- 1940German invasion of BelgiumBattle · Europe
- 1969Battle of Hamburger HillBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1973Sahrawi insurgencyRebellion · North Africa · 1973 – 1976
- 1940Battle of Fort Eben-EmaelBattle · Europe
- 1940German invasion of the NetherlandsBattle · Europe
- 19971997 Qayen earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 19741974 Yunnan And Sichuan Provinces earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1920May UprisingRebellion · Middle East
The 21st century
since 2001 · 132 events- 20182018 Pacific hurricane seasonEvent
- 20232023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 2010Philippine presidential election, 2010Election · Southeast Asia
- 20152015 Polish presidential electionElection · Europe
- 2025Operation Bunyanun MarsoosEvent · South Asia
- 2024May 2024 solar stormsEvent
- 2013solar eclipse of May 10, 2013Event
- 2021Operation Guardian of the WallsEvent · Middle East
- 20102010 China floodsEvent · East Asia
- 20242024 northern Kharkiv offensiveEvent · Europe
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.