July 10th, 1216

Born on July 10th, 1216

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 295,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 940 days, exactly on December 11th, 2026, people who were born on July 10th, 1216 will be 296,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 10th?

July 10th, 1941

The Holocaust: Ethnic Poles murdered at least 340 Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German-occupied Poland.

July 10th, 1940

Second World War: The Battle of Britain, in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK from attacks by the German Luftwaffe, began.

July 10th, 1925

Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.

July 10th, 1921

Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.

July 10th, 1913

The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.

July 10th, 1806

Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at Vellore Fort.

July 10th, 1800

Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, founded Fort William College in Calcutta.

July 10th, 1645

English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the west of England.

July 10th, 1553

Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".

July 10th, 1372

The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

July 10th, 2018

The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

July 10th, 2011

The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.

July 10th, 2006

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall over Korea, potentially causing thousands of deaths in North Korea.

July 10th, 1999

The United States defeated China in the final match of the FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.

July 10th, 1973

John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 10th?

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

33

Elena Runggaldier

Italian ski jumper

*July 10th, 1990, Bolzano

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

31

Clara Luciani

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 10th, 1992, Martigues

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Mahathir Mohamad

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

*July 10th, 1925, Alor Setar

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

58

Carl Frederik Bricka

Danish biographer and historian

*July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen †August 23rd, 1903, Copenhagen

54

John Calvin

French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)

*July 10th, 1509, Noyon †May 27th, 1564, Geneva

67

Inge Aures

German politician

*July 10th, 1956, Presseck

28

Yugo Kobayashi

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1995, Miyagi Prefecture

27

Saori Ozaki

Japanese badminton player

*July 10th, 1996, Saitama Prefecture

52

Astrid Crabo

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1971, Täby

46

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Britain actor (born 1977)

*July 10th, 1977, Forest Gate

38

Mario Gómez

German association football player

*July 10th, 1985, Riedlingen

65

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

*July 10th, 1958, County Cork

48

Aphra Behn

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

*July 10th, 1640, Canterbury †April 16th, 1689, London

43

Jessica Simpson

American singer

*July 10th, 1980, Abilene

72

Rajnath Singh

Indian politician

*July 10th, 1951, Chandauli district

35

Sarah Walker

BMX racer

*July 10th, 1988, Whakatāne

34

Carlos Zambrano

Peruvian association football player

*July 10th, 1989, Callao

72

Phyllis Smith

American actress

*July 10th, 1951, Lemay

81

Sixto Rodriguez

American musician (1942–2023)

*July 10th, 1942, Detroit †August 8th, 2023, Detroit

35

Heather Hemmens

American actress and director

*July 10th, 1988, Belfast

33

Emily Skeggs

American actress

*July 10th, 1990, New York City

80

Paul Andreu

French architect (1938-2018)

*July 10th, 1938, Caudéran †October 11th, 2018, 15th arrondissement of Paris

73

Camille Pissarro

Danish-French painter (1830—1903)

*July 10th, 1830, Charlotte Amalie †November 13th, 1903, Paris

51

Sofía Vergara

Colombian-American actress and model

*July 10th, 1972, Barranquilla

85

Owen Chamberlain

American physicist

*July 10th, 1920, San Francisco †February 28th, 2006, Berkeley

30

Florian Sénéchal

French cyclist

*July 10th, 1993, Cambrai

80

Alain Krivine

French politician

*July 10th, 1941, Paris †March 12th, 2022, Paris

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

73

Prokopis Pavlopoulos

Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic

*July 10th, 1950, Kalamata

59

Wilfried Peeters

Belgian cyclist

*July 10th, 1964, Mol

54

Sarah Champion

British politician

*July 10th, 1969, Maldon

34

Kai Häfner

German handball player

*July 10th, 1989, Schwäbisch Gmünd

92

Alice Munro

Canadian writer

*July 10th, 1931, Wingham

36

James III of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1460 to 1488

*July 10th, 1451, Stirling Castle †June 11th, 1488, Stirling

47

Marek Výborný

Czech politician

*July 10th, 1976, Heřmanův Městec

35

Sarkodie

Ghanaian rapper, songwriter and entrepreneur from Tema.

*July 10th, 1988, Koforidua

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Public holidays on July 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1216 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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