10 April in history

6 events that happened on 10 April, from 428 to 1998.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    428 CE 1,598 years ago

    Nestorius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople

    Nestorius was consecrated archbishop of the eastern capital. His teaching on the two natures of Christ was condemned at Ephesus in 431, and the Church of the East that kept his name spread as far as China.

    Church of the East

  2. 1606 CE 420 years ago

    James I charters the Virginia Company

    King James I granted a charter to the Virginia Company's London and Plymouth branches to settle the North American coast. The London company founded Jamestown the following year.

    JamestownVirginiaLondon

  3. 1710 CE 316 years ago

    Statute of Anne, the first copyright law, takes effect

    Britain's Statute of Anne came into force, vesting copyright in authors rather than printers for a term of 14 years, renewable once. It set the principle on which modern copyright law is built.

  4. 1815 CE 211 years ago

    Mount Tambora reaches its cataclysmic climax

    The Indonesian volcano produced the largest eruption in recorded history, killing tens of thousands on Sumbawa and Lombok. Its ash cooled the globe, making 1816 the 'Year Without a Summer'.

  5. 1912 CE 114 years ago

    Titanic leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage

    RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat, sailed from Southampton for New York via Cherbourg and Queenstown. Five days later she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.

    New York

  6. 1998 CE 28 years ago

    Good Friday Agreement is signed in Belfast

    The British and Irish governments and most Northern Ireland parties agreed a settlement creating a power-sharing assembly and cross-border bodies. It largely brought three decades of the Troubles to a close.

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