July 10 in History

69 events 138 – 2019

July 10 spans 69 recorded events across recorded history — from 138 – 2019. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,

2019 — The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum

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The Volkswagen Beetle was produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003, with a production period of 65 years.

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Volkswagen produced 21.5 million units of the Beetle over twenty locations worldwide, making it the best-selling car of a single platform in history.

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The Beetle is widely regarded as one of the most influential cars of the 20th century due to its bug-like design and cultural impact.

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The Volkswagen Type 1, also known as the Beetle, was a small family car that became a global cultural icon.

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The production of the Volkswagen Beetle spanned across multiple decades, with the car being produced in various locations including Germany and Mexico.


Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
Calendar year
Year 138 (CXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Camerinus. The denomination 138 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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138
Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty.
Calendar year
Year 420 (CDXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Constantius. The denomination 420 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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420
Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
645 Japanese assassination and political crisis
The Isshi incident was a successful plot by Nakatomi no Kamatari, Prince Naka no Ōe and others who conspired to eliminate the main branch of the Soga clan, beginning with the assassination of Soga no Iruka. It takes its name from the zodiological name of the year 645 during which the Taika Reform, a transformative event in Japanese Imperial history, occurred.
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645
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
King of Dublin from 980 to 989
Glúniairn, in Old Norse Járnkné, was a Norse-Gael king of Dublin of the Uí Ímair kindred which ruled over much of the Scandinavianised and Norse-Gael parts of Great Britain and Ireland in the tenth century.
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988
The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
Disasters before 1666
The City of London has experienced numerous serious fires in the course of its history.
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1212
Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary, is assassinated at the castle of Körösszeg (modern-day Cheresig in Romania).
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290
Ladislaus IV, also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary. At the age of seven, he married Elisabeth, a daughter of King Charles I of Sicily. Ladislaus was only 9 when a rebellious lord, Joachim Gutkeled, kidnapped and imprisoned him.
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1290
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
English peer in the Wars of the Roses
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury,, known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander. The eldest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, he became Earl of Warwick through marriage, and was the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age, with political connections that went beyond the country's borders. One of the leaders in the Wars of the Roses, originally on the Yorkist side but later switching to the Lancastrian side, he was instrumental in the deposition of two kings, which led to his epithet of "Kingmaker".
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1460
The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
Portuguese navigator and explorer
Nicolau Coelho was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama, where he commanded Berrio, the first caravel to return; he was captain of a ship in the fleet headed by Pedro Álvares Cabral, who landed in Brazil. He died at sea, possibly off the coast of Mozambique, while returning from India in the 5th Portuguese Armada with Francisco de Albuquerque.
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1499
The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
Wars over Navarre in Iberia (1512–1529)
The Spanish conquest of the Iberian part of Navarre was initiated by Ferdinand II of Aragon and completed by his grandson and successor Charles V in a series of military campaigns lasting from 1512 to 1529. Ferdinand was both the king of Aragon and regent of Castile in 1512. When Pope Julius II declared a Holy League against France in late 1511, Navarre attempted to remain neutral. Ferdinand used this as an excuse to attack Navarre, conquering it while its potential protector, France, was beset by England, Venice, and Ferdinand's own Italian armies.
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1512
Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
Chinese prince and rebel (1476–1521)
Zhu Chenhao was a prince of the Ming dynasty, being a fifth-generation descendant of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of the founder and first emperor of the dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor. In 1499, he inherited the title of Prince of Ning and resided in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi. In July 1519, he started a rebellion by declaring the then Zhengde Emperor illegitimate and marching on Nanjing. Wang Yangming, governor of southern Jiangxi, quickly raised an army and occupied Nanchang. In August 1519, he crushed the rebel army, forcing them to retreat to the south. During the battle, Zhu Chenhao was captured and sentenced to execution, but the Emperor later commuted his sentence to suicide.
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1519
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20 people 1985 – 2024
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2001
April Ivy
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1999
San
San
South Korean singer and dancer
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1999
Angus Cloud
Angus Cloud
American actor (died 2023)
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1998
Chae Soo-bin
Chae Soo-bin
South Korean actress
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1994
Han Yu
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1992
Daishōmaru Shōgo
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1991
Adam Reynolds
Adam Reynolds
Australian rugby league player
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1990
Trent Richardson
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1990
Chiyonokuni Toshiki
Chiyonokuni Toshiki
Japanese sumo wrestler
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1990
Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown
American football player
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1988
Heather Hemmens
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1988
Sarah Walker
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1988
Park Chu-young
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1985
B. J. Crombeen
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American ice hockey player
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1985
Mario Gómez
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German footballer
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1985
Funda Oru
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1985
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20 people 2013 – 2025
David Gergen
David Gergen
American political consultant (born 1942)
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2025
Joe Engle
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American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932)
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2024
Alex Janvier
Alex Janvier
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2024
Dave Loggins
American musician (born 1947)
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2024
Maurice Boucher
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2022
Lara van Ruijven
Lara van Ruijven
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2020
Jack Charlton
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2020
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2019
Henry Morgenthau III
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2018
Katharina Focke
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2016
Roger Rees
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Omar Sharif
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2015
Jon Vickers
Jon Vickers
Canadian tenor (born 1926)
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2015
Robert C. Broomfield
Robert C. Broomfield
American lawyer and judge (born 1933)
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2014
Juozas Kazickas
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2014
Paul G. Risser
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2014
Zohra Sehgal
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2014
Gloria Schweigerdt
Gloria Schweigerdt
American baseball player (born 1934)
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2014
Philip Caldwell
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Józef Gara
Józef Gara
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2013
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What happened on July 10?

A featured event on this date is 2019: The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum. This page also lists 69 events from other years on the same day.

Why is July 10 remembered in history?

July 10 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on July 10?

Notable birthdays on this date include Moo Deng, Mason Thames, Reece Walsh.

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Who died on July 10?

Notable deaths on this date include David Gergen, Joe Engle, Alex Janvier.

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What happened on July 10 in history?

On July 10, one notable event in history was 2019: The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum..

This date currently highlights 69 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 138 – 2019.

DateJuly 10
Featured year2019
LocationPuebla, Mexico
Events listed69

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