Historical Events on February 10, Facts & Special Events On This Day

1258

Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.

1306

In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence

1355

The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

1567

Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.

1763

French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

1814

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.

1840

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

1846

First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war

1861

Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1862

American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

1870

The YWCA is founded in New York City.

1906

HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.

1920

Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

1923

Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas

1930

Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina

1933

In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.

1936

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

1939

Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

1940

The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.

1942

World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.

1943

World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

1947

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

1947

Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.

1954

United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1962

Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1962

Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.

1964

Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.

1967

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1972

Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.

1984

Kenyan soldiers commit the worst ever human rights violation in the country by slaughtering an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in Wagalla in N.E.-Kenya.

1989

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

1996

IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

2003

France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

2009

The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.

2013

Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.

2016

February 10 in History

Historical Events on February 10

Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.

In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence

The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.

French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war

Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

The YWCA is founded in New York City.

HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.

Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas

Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina

In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.

World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.

World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.

United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.

Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.

Kenyan soldiers commit the worst ever human rights violation in the country by slaughtering an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in Wagalla in N.E.-Kenya.

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.

Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.

South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.

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