May 10 AD 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
May 10 1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
May 10 1775 American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
May 10 1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
May 10 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
May 10 1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
May 10 1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
May 10 1864 American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to brigadier general.
May 10 1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
May 10 1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
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May 10 1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
May 19 1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
May 10 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
May 10 1940 World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
May 10 1940 World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
May 10 1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
May 10 1940
World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
May 10 1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
May 10 1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an #air raid
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May 10 1941
World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to
negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany
May 10 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
May 10 1945 Soviet troops occupied Prague
May 10 1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
May 10 1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
May 10 1969 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
May 10 1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
May 10 2019 Two French soldiers were killed Over Night in an operation to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa
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