This Day in History
Today: June 10, 2026
671
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
1190
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1225
Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco.[1]
1329
The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to retain its cities in Asia Minor.
1358
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility.[2]
1523
Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
1539
Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
1596
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
1619
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
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