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On October 10, 19: The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.

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The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.

AD 19 (XIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Balbus. The denomination AD 19 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.

People

Born on October 10

Josh Giddey 2002– Australian basketball player (born 2002)
Sami Niku 1996– Finnish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Courtland Sutton 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Bae Suzy 1994– South Korean singer and actress (born 1994)
Mike Tobey 1994– American-Slovenian professional basketball player (born 1994)
Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1994– American football player (born 1994)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1993– Cuban-American baseball player (born 1993)
Jayden Stockley 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Anthony Brown 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
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Michael Carter-Williams 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)
Gabriella Cilmi 1991– Australian pop singer and songwriter (born 1991)
Lali Espósito 1991– Argentine actress and singer (born 1991)
Mariana Pajón 1991– Colombian cyclist (born 1991)
Xherdan Shaqiri 1991– Professional footballer (born 1991)
Shelby Miller 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Geno Smith 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Kolten Wong 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Jeurys Familia 1989– Dominican baseball player (born 1989)

People

Died on October 10

John Lodge British rock musician (1943–2025)
Fleur Adcock New Zealand poet (1934–2024)
Ethel Kennedy American human rights advocate (1928–2024)
Mulayam Singh Yadav Indian politician (1939–2022)
Abdul Qadeer Khan Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936–2021)
Donn Fendler American lost child (1926–2016)
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Nigerian politician (1952–2015)
Hilla Becher German conceptual photographer
Manorama Indian actress (1937–2015)
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Steve Mackay Musical artist
Sybil Stockdale American activist
Olav Dale Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and saxophonist
Damiana Eugenio Filipino writer (1921–2014)
Valeri Karpov Soviet ice hockey player (1971–2014)
Lari Ketner American basketball player (1977–2014)
Pavel Landovský Czech actor, playwright, and director (1936–2014)
Ed Nimmervoll Australian music journalist
Scott Carpenter American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

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Every October 10 on record

  1. 19 The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.

    Calendar year

    AD 19 (XIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Balbus. The denomination AD 19 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.

  2. 680 The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.

    680 battle in Iraq

    The Battle of Karbala was fought on 10 October 680 between the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, Sawad.

  3. 732 Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.

    Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)

    Charles Martel, Martel being an Old French sobriquet meaning "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics.

  4. 1471 Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

    Regent of Sweden (r. 1470–1497; 1501–1503)

    Sten Sture the Elder was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503. As the leader of the victorious Swedish separatist forces against the royal unionist forces led by Danish king Christian I during the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, he weakened the Kalmar Union considerably and became the effective ruler of Sweden as Lord Regent for most of his remaining life.

  5. 1492 The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.

    Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)

    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

  6. 1575 Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
  7. 1580 Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
  8. 1760 In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
  9. 1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
  10. 1814 War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
  11. 1845 In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
  12. 1846 Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
  13. 1868 The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
  14. 1903 The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  15. 1911 The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
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  1. 1913 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
  2. 1918 RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.
  3. 1920 The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
  4. 1928 Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  5. 1933 A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
  6. 1935 In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
  7. 1938 Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
  8. 1945 The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
  9. 1954 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.
  10. 1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
  11. 1957 The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
  12. 1963 France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
  13. 1963 The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
  14. 1964 The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
  15. 1967 The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.

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