On this day: March 10

Events on March 10

• 241 BC The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War. Wikipedia
• 298 Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage. Wikipedia
• 1496 After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command. Wikipedia
• 1661 French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of France after the death of his premier, the Cardinal Mazarin. Wikipedia
• 1695 Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender. Wikipedia
• 1735 An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories. Wikipedia
• 1831 The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France. Wikipedia
• 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War. Wikipedia
• 1915 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the First World War, began. Wikipedia
• 1916 The final letter in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was written, agreeing that Britain would recognise Arab independence in return for the Sharif of Mecca launching a revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
• 1917 Russia and France reached an agreement' to support one another's territorial ambitions for Europe in the aftermath of World War I. Wikipedia
• 1945 World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people. Wikipedia
• 1949 Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster. Wikipedia
• 1959 An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army. Wikipedia
• 1965 Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia. Wikipedia
• 1966 Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. Wikipedia
• 1967 British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne". Wikipedia
• 1968 Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85. Wikipedia
• 1975 Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot. Wikipedia
• 1977 Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus. Wikipedia
• 1990 Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti. Wikipedia
• 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62. Wikipedia
• 2006 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached and entered orbit around Mars. Wikipedia
• 2008 The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring. Wikipedia
• 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa International Airport due to a fault within the software of the plane, resulting in the deaths of all 157 people on board. Wikipedia
• 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC. Wikipedia

Born on March 10

• 1452 Ferdinand II, King of Castile and León (died 1516) Wikipedia
• 1503 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1564) Wikipedia
• 1628 Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (died 1694) Wikipedia
• 1749 Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (died 1838) Wikipedia
• 1772 Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1829) Wikipedia
• 1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1857) Wikipedia
• 1845 Alexander III of Russia (died 1894) Wikipedia
• 1892 Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator (died 1955) Wikipedia
• 1923 Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) Wikipedia
• 1936 Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and eighth president of FIFA Wikipedia
• 1940 Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (died 2026) Wikipedia
• 1947 Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada Wikipedia
• 1952 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (died 2018) Wikipedia
• 1957 Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) Wikipedia
• 1958 Sharon Stone, American actress and producer Wikipedia
• 1964 Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh Wikipedia
• 1972 Timbaland, American rapper and producer Wikipedia
• 1981 Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia
• 1983 Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia
• 1984 Olivia Wilde, American actress and director Wikipedia
• 1988 Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player Wikipedia
• 1994 Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler Wikipedia

Died on March 10

• 483 Pope Simplicius Wikipedia
• 1682 Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1628) Wikipedia
• 1792 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1713) Wikipedia
• 1832 Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1752) Wikipedia
• 1861 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (born 1814) Wikipedia
• 1872 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (born 1805) Wikipedia
• 1913 Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (born c. 1820) Wikipedia
• 1937 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (born 1884) Wikipedia
• 1940 Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891) Wikipedia
• 1948 Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900) Wikipedia
• 1966 Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888) Wikipedia
• 1985 Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1911) Wikipedia
• 1986 Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1907) Wikipedia
• 2012 Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day Attala Wikipedia
• Christian feast day Harriet Tubman (Lutheran) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day John Ogilvie Wikipedia
• Christian feast day Macarius of Jerusalem Wikipedia
• Christian feast day Marie-Eugénie de Jésus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day Pope Simplicius Wikipedia
• Christian feast day Sojourner Truth (Lutheran) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America) Wikipedia
• Mario Day (International) Wikipedia
• Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria) Wikipedia
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States) Wikipedia
• Székely Freedom Day (Romania) Wikipedia
• Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence movement) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “March 10” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/March 10” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “March 10” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for March 10 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.