April 10 : Good Friday (Eastern Christianity, 2015)
- 1815 – Mount Tambora in Indonesia began one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people, and affecting worldwide temperatures for the next two years.
- 1858 – Big Ben , the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell had cracked during testing.
- 1941 – World War II: The Independent State of Croatia was established, with Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić as head of the puppet government of the Axis powers.
- 1959 – Crown Prince Akihito, the future Emperor of Japan, wedded Michiko (pictured), the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family.
- 2009 – Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced that he had suspended the constitution and assumed all governance in the country after it was ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal.
More anniversaries: April 9 – April 10 – April 11
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