What happend on 10th June

09.06
11.06
1854

The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.

1846

Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.

1829

First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.

1801

Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute.

1793

French Revolution: Following arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

1793

The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris (becoming, a year later, the first public zoo).

1719

Battle of Glen Shiel

1692

Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".

1619

Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the Thirty Years' War

1190

Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.