Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 10
August 10: Independence Day in Ecuador, International Biodiesel Day
- 1792 – French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace (pictured), effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.
- 1809 – History of Ecuador: After nearly three centuries of Spanish rule, the first cry for independence was heard in Quito.
- 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress.
- 1920 – Representatives of Sultan Mehmed VI signed the Treaty of Sèvres, recognizing the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I.
- 1990 – The Magellan space probe reached Venus, fifteen months after its launch.
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