Editing April 10 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; The [[London Company|Virginia Company of London]] is established by royal charter by [[James I of England]] with the purpose of establishing [[British colonization of the Americas|colonial settlements in North America]].
*[[1710]] &ndash; The [[Statute of Anne]], the first law regulating [[copyright]], comes into force in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Robert Walpole]] resigns from the British government, commencing the [[Whig Split]] which lasts until 1720.<ref>Black, Jeremy. ''Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727''. p.80</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66|''Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen'', BWV 66]], his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000082?lang=en | title = Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV 66.2; BWV 66; BC A 56 | publisher = [[Bach Digital]] website | date = 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: Prussia gains control of [[Silesia]] at the [[Battle of Mollwitz]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[War of the Fifth Coalition]] begins when forces of the [[Austrian Empire]] invade [[Bavaria]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; The [[Mount Tambora]] volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until [[July 15]]. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and [[Year Without a Summer|affects Earth's climate]] for the next two years.
*[[1816]] &ndash; The [[Federal government of the United States]] approves the creation of the [[Second Bank of the United States]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; Patriarch [[Gregory V of Constantinople]] is hanged by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman government]] from the main gate of the [[Patriarchate]] and his body is thrown into the [[Bosphorus]].
*  1821   &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: the island of [[Psara]] joins the Greek struggle for independence.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aegean-maritime-museum.gr/en/exhibits-history/1821/112-konstantinos-kanaris-2 | title=Constantine Kanaris }}</ref>
*[[1826]] &ndash; The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of [[Missolonghi]] begin leaving the town after [[Third Siege of Missolonghi|a year's siege]] by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
*[[1858]] &ndash; After the original [[Big Ben]], a {{Convert|14.5|tonne|lb}} bell for the [[Palace of Westminster]], had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current {{convert|13.76|tonne|lb}} bell by [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; Archduke [[Maximilian I of Mexico|Maximilian of Habsburg]] is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the [[Second French intervention in Mexico|French intervention in Mexico]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee [[Lee's Farewell Address|addresses]] his troops for the last time.
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by [[Henry Bergh]].<ref name=Chase2017 />
*[[1868]] &ndash; At Arogee in [[Ethiopia|Abyssinia]], British and Indian forces [[British Expedition to Abyssinia|defeat]] an army of Emperor [[Tewodros II]]. While 700 [[Ethiopia]]ns are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
*[[1872]] &ndash; The first [[Arbor Day]] is celebrated in [[Nebraska]].
*[[1875]] &ndash; India: [[Arya Samaj]] is founded in [[Mumbai]] by [[Swami Dayananda Saraswati]] to propagate his goal of social reform. 
*[[1887]] &ndash; On [[Easter Sunday]], [[Pope Leo XIII]] authorizes the establishment of the [[Catholic University of America]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[1896 Summer Olympics]]: The Olympic [[marathon]] is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete [[Spyridon Louis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local hero Spyridon Louis earns cult status in marathon |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/local-hero-louis-earns-cult-status-in-marathon |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=Olympics}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of [[Brandfort]]. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=13}}|</ref>