What are the important events that happened on March 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 10 is the 70th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 26, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,008 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 325 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,097 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 10 Historical Events
1629 –
Charles I of England dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1762 –
French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1814 –
Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1830 –
The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 –
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1861 –
El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
1864 –
American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
1917 –
Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines’s earliest encomiendas.
1922 –
Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
2005 –
Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
Who were born on March 10?
1787 –
William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
1842 –
Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
1929 –
Huey P. Meaux, American record producer (d. 2011)
1940 –
Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)
1961 –
Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
1965 –
Rod Woodson, American football player
1968 –
Felice Arena, Australian children’s author
1973 –
Chris Sutton, English footballer
1983 –
Carrie Underwood, American country singer
1985 –
Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
Who died on March 10?
1585 –
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
1823 –
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1746)
1910 –
Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
1950 –
Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
1966 –
Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1988 –
Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)
1999 –
Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
2004 –
Dave Blood (David Schulthise), American musician (b. 1956)
2007 –
Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
2008 –
Richard Fran Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
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