February 10 in history
Events on February 10
Notable events that happened on February 10 in past years.
- 2026
Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting - 2018
Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
Wikipedia article: Kowloon Motor Bus - 2009
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Wikipedia article: Communications satellite - 1996
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
Wikipedia article: IBM - 1984
Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
Wikipedia article: Kenya Army - 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.
Wikipedia article: Melbourne–Voyager collision - 1947
The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
Wikipedia article: Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 - 1939
Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
Wikipedia article: Spanish Civil War - 1930
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam.
Wikipedia article: Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng - 1920
About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
Wikipedia article: Denmark - 1861
Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
Wikipedia article: Jefferson Davis - 1840
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Wikipedia article: Queen Victoria - 1712
Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
Wikipedia article: Huilliche uprising of 1712 - 1392
Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos marries Helena Dragaš, daughter of the Serbian Prince Constantine Dragaš. She is crowned as empress the following day.
- 1258
The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire.
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