| 26731 | March 10 | Event | 1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army. |
| 26732 | March 10 | Event | 1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines. |
| 26733 | March 10 | Event | 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation. |
| 26734 | March 10 | Event | 1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage. |
| 26735 | March 10 | Event | 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front. |
| 26736 | March 10 | Event | 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. |
| 26737 | March 10 | Event | 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president". |
| 26738 | March 10 | Event | 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. |
| 26739 | March 10 | Event | 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. |
| 26740 | March 10 | Event | 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war. |
| 26741 | March 10 | Event | 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea. |
| 26742 | March 10 | Event | 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes. |
| 26743 | March 10 | Event | 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. |
| 26744 | March 10 | Event | 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. |
| 26745 | March 10 | Event | 1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower |
| 26746 | March 10 | Event | 1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing. |
| 26747 | March 10 | Event | 1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup. |
| 26748 | March 10 | Event | 2000 – The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom. |
| 26749 | March 10 | Event | 2005 – Tung Chee-hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure. |
| 26750 | March 10 | Event | 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. |
| 26751 | March 10 | Birth | 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462) |
| 26752 | March 10 | Birth | 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516) |
| 26753 | March 10 | Birth | 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564) |
| 26754 | March 10 | Birth | 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1572) |
| 26755 | March 10 | Birth | 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (d. 1694) |
| 26756 | March 10 | Birth | 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746) |
| 26757 | March 10 | Birth | 1745 – John Gunby, American general (d. 1807) |
| 26758 | March 10 | Birth | 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (d. 1838) |
| 26759 | March 10 | Birth | 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840) |
| 26760 | March 10 | Birth | 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829) |