| 41173 | April 10 | Event | 1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. |
| 41174 | April 10 | Event | 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die. |
| 41175 | April 10 | Event | 1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. |
| 41176 | April 10 | Event | 1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America. |
| 41177 | April 10 | Event | 1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of the Law. |
| 41178 | April 10 | Event | 1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage. |
| 41179 | April 10 | Event | 1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. |
| 41180 | April 10 | Event | 1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. |
| 41181 | April 10 | Event | 1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. |
| 41182 | April 10 | Event | 1941 – World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power. |
| 41183 | April 10 | Event | 1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. |
| 41184 | April 10 | Event | 1953 – Warner Bros. premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax. |
| 41185 | April 10 | Event | 1957 – The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. |
| 41186 | April 10 | Event | 1959 – Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, marries Michiko. |
| 41187 | April 10 | Event | 1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea. |
| 41188 | April 10 | Event | 1968 – New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine founders and sinks at the mouth of Wellington Harbour. |
| 41189 | April 10 | Event | 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. |
| 41190 | April 10 | Event | 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit. |
| 41161 | April 10 | Event | 1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. |
| 41162 | April 10 | Event | 1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain. |
| 41163 | April 10 | Event | 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843): defeat for Austria at Mollwitz on this date. |
| 41164 | April 10 | Event | 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria. |
| 41165 | April 10 | Event | 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years. |
| 41166 | April 10 | Event | 1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States. |
| 41167 | April 10 | Event | 1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. |
| 41168 | April 10 | Event | 1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. |
| 41169 | April 10 | Event | 1856 – The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont. |
| 41170 | April 10 | Event | 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. |
| 41171 | April 10 | Event | 1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico. |
| 41172 | April 10 | Event | 1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. |