Editing July 10 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 138|138]] &ndash; Emperor [[Hadrian]] of Rome dies of [[heart failure]] at his residence on the bay of Naples, [[Baiae]]; he is buried at [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Tomb of Hadrian]] beside his late wife, [[Vibia Sabina]].
*[[AD 420|420]] &ndash; Having usurped the throne of [[Emperor Gong of Jin]], [[Emperor Wu of Song|Liu Yu]] proclaims himself [[List of emperors of the Southern dynasties|Emperor]] of the [[Liu Song dynasty]].<ref>According to Liu Yu's biography in ''Book of Song'', he crowned himself emperor on the ''dingmao'' day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the ''Yongchu'' era of his reign. This corresponds to 10 Jul 420 in the Julian calendar. (永初元年夏六月丁卯，設壇於南郊，即皇帝位...) ''[[Song Shu]]'', vol. 03</ref>
* [[645]] &ndash; [[Isshi Incident]]: Prince [[Emperor Tenji|Naka-no-Ōe]] and [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]] assassinate [[Soga no Iruka]] during a ''[[coup d'état]]'' at the imperial palace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ponsonby-Fane|first=Richard|title=The Imperial House of Japan|year=1959|publisher=Ponsonby Memorial Society|location=Kyoto|pages=49–50}}</ref>
* [[988]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[1212]] &ndash; The most severe of several [[early fires of London]] burns most of the city to the ground.
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus IV]], [[King of Hungary]], is assassinated at the castle of [[Toboliu|Körösszeg]] (modern-day Cheresig in [[Romania]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Pál|last=Engel|title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RKJDwAAQBAJ|year=2001|publisher=I.B. Tauris Publishers|isbn=9780857731739|page=109}}</ref>
*[[1460]] &ndash; [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]], defeats the king's [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] forces and takes [[Henry VI of England|King Henry VI]] prisoner in the [[Battle of Northampton (1460)|Battle of Northampton]].
*[[1499]] &ndash; The Portuguese explorer [[Nicolau Coelho]] returns to [[Lisbon]] after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of [[Vasco da Gama]].
*[[1512]] &ndash; The [[Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre]] commences with the capture of [[Goizueta, Navarre|Goizueta]].
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Lady Jane Grey]] takes the throne of England.
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[William I of Orange]] is assassinated in his home in [[Delft]], [[Holland]], by [[Balthasar Gérard]].