1010 Chronicle 1

638 BC: Battle of Hongshui, the State of Chu defeated the State of Song, becoming the hegemon. 680 AD: Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, was killed by Yazid I's army at the Battle of Karbala for refusing to recognize Yazid I as caliph. 732 AD: Frankish forces led by Charles Martel defeated the Umayyad army led by Rahman al-Ghafiqi at the Battle of Tours. 1780: The deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history struck the Caribbean, ultimately causing at least 22,000 deaths. 1841: First Opium War: British forces captured Zhenhai. 1846: English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, Neptune's largest moon, and first mentioned Neptune's rings. 1868: Cuban independence leader Carlos Manuel de Céspedes declared Cuba's independence from Spain, sparking the Ten Years' War.