10th April anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1778
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of William Hazlitt, English writer" more
  • 1907
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Frederick Copleston, Jesuit priest and philosopher, author of 10-volume History of Philosophy. " more
• event
  • 837
  • United Kingdom
  • Halley's Comet made its closest ever pass of planet Earth.
  • 1606
  • Great Britain
  • The Virginia Company of London was incorporated with the intention of creating a colony in North America. more
  • 1633
  • Great Britain
  • Bananas go on sale in UK for 1st time
  • 1858
  • The first bell for Big Ben was cast in Stockton-on-Tees. It cracked and was recast slightly smaller in the Whitechapel foundry and is still in use today. more
  • 1912
  • Great Britain
  • The Titanic sailed from Southampton more
  • 1925
  • United States
  • The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald was published in New York.
  • 1998
  • Great Britain
  • Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland – effectively implemented in May 2007
• Death
  • 1909
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Algernon Charles Swinburne, controversial British poet"
  • 1999
  • Germany
  • "Death of Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist who discovered the genetic control of viral reproduction and created the first ineffective virus, a landmark step in the treatment of diseases"