Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on July 10th?

Mindaugas is crowned as the first and only King of Lithuania, establishing the Kingdom of Lithuania.

The Siege of Derry begins during the Williamite War in Ireland, as the predominantly Protestant city resists a Catholic Jacobite army.

Wyoming is admitted into the Union becoming the 44th State.

The Battle of Britain begins as Nazi Germany launches air attacks on southern England. More

American and British forces invade Sicily by air and sea.

The U.S. Patent Office issued Patent No. 3,043,625 to “Nils Ivar Bohlin, Goteborg, (Volvo) for the three-point seatbelt. Volvo was so convinced of its safety potential safety that it made the patent available for other manufacturers, and motorists, to benefit from.

The Bahamas gains its independence by the United Kingdom Government, Order in Council. This date is now celebrated as the country's Independence Day.

French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank the Greenpeace Flagship The Rainbow Warrior. One crew member was killed. More