988 The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.
1040 Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to persuade her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes.
1212 The most severe of several early fires of London burns in Southwark, south of London Bridge.
On 10th July 1460, following defeat at the Battle of Northampton, during the Wars of the Roses, Henry VI was taken prisoner and his queen, Margaret of Anjou, escaped to Harlech Castle with her seven-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales.
1645 Battle at Langport, Somerset: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeats Royalists
1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain
On July 10, 1821, the United States formally took possession of the Florida territory from Spain, following the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819. This transfer marked the culmination of longstanding American interest in the region, driven by its strategic importance and the desire for expansion.
1900 - ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine.
1923 Two-pound hailstones kill 23 people and many cattle in Rostov, Russia.
On 10th July 1929, nine miners were killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
1958 First parking meters installed in England (625 installed).
The Offa's Dyke Path was opened on 10th July 1971. The path links Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow on the banks of the Severn estuary with the coastal town of Prestatyn on the shores of the Irish sea. Its name is derived from the extensive 8th century Dyke which King Offa had ordered to be constructed in order to separate his Kingdom of Mercia from the rival kingdoms beyond the dyke in what is now Wales.
10 Jul 1968 The Nice were banned from appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall after burning an American flag on stage. Two years later, Keith Emerson, leader of the Nice, joined Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break-up after their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album and Cream are widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup.
