On June 10
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly June 10 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Jun 7 – Jun 13)
Beginning on 8 June 1783, the Laki (Lakagígar) fissure system in southern Iceland, linked to the Grímsvötn volcano, erupted continuously for roughly eight months, disgorging some 14 cubic kilometres of basaltic lava along with vast clouds…
On 8 June 793 Scandinavian raiders attacked the wealthy monastery of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of Northumbria that was a preeminent centre of Christianity in early medieval England.
Signed on 7 June 1494 by the Crowns of Castile and Aragon and the Kingdom of Portugal, the Treaty of Tordesillas drew an imaginary meridian from pole to pole 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.
The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna, signed on 9 June 1815, concluded the post-Napoleonic settlement that redrew the map of Europe.
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a surprise air campaign against Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, and senior military and scientific personnel, opening a direct twelve-day war between the two adversaries.