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October 10

4 sourced moments from October 10 in history: The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record tore through the Caribbean (1780); The U.S. Naval Academy opened at Annapolis (1845); Neptune's moon Triton was found just 17 days after Neptune (1846), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on October 10

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1911 History · Modern

China's 1911 revolution began with an accidental bomb

A bomb that went off by mistake on 9 October 1911 forced Wuchang's plotters to rise the next day — while Sun Yat-sen was in Denver.

1846 Space · Solar System

Neptune's moon Triton was found just 17 days after Neptune

William Lassell spotted Triton on October 10, 1846, while hunting a ring that wasn't there — and the moon went without a name for a century.

1845 History · Modern

The U.S. Naval Academy opened at Annapolis

With no money from Congress, the Navy quietly stood up an officer school on a sleepy Army fort beside the Severn River.

1780 Earth & Climate · Weather & Climate

The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record tore through the Caribbean

The Great Hurricane of 1780 reached Barbados around October 10 and killed an estimated 22,000 people across the eastern Caribbean.