Editing December 10 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1317]] &ndash; The [[Nyköping Banquet]]: King [[Birger, King of Sweden|Birger of Sweden]] treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes [[Valdemar Magnusson|Valdemar]] and [[Erik Magnusson (duke)|Erik]], who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.<ref>{{cite book|last=Liljegren|first=Bengt|translator-last=Williams|translator-first=Adam|title=Rulers of Sweden|location=Lund, Sweden|publisher=Historiska Media|date=2004|isbn=9789185057634|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDhpAAAAMAAJ&q=Nyk%C3%B6ping+Banquet+%2210+December+%22+%221317%22}}</ref>
*[[1508]] &ndash; The [[War of the League of Cambrai|League of Cambrai]] is formed by [[Pope Julius II]], [[Louis XII of France]], [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] as an alliance against [[Republic of Venice|Venice]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Creightonfirst=Mandell|title=A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation. Volume IV: The Italian Princes, 1464-1518|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co.|date=1892|oclc=7953426|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpshAQAAMAAJ|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]] burns his copy of the [[papal bull]] ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'' outside [[Wittenberg]]'s Elster Gate.<ref>{{cite book|last=Soen|first=Violet|chapter=Arise, O Lord (Exsurge Domine)|title=Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation|editor-last1=Lamport|editor-first1=Mark A.|editor-last2=Gordon|editor-first2=Bruce|editor-last3=Marty|editor-first3=Martin E.|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2017|isbn=9781442271586|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ih8wDwAAQBAJ|page=39}}</ref>
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Thomas Culpeper]] and [[Francis Dereham]] are executed for having affairs with [[Catherine Howard]], Queen of England and wife of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bryson|first=Sarah|title=The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.|publisher=Amberley Publishing|date=2021|isbn=9781445686271|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odtzEAAAQBAJ|page=20}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1652]] &ndash; Defeat at the [[Battle of Dungeness]] causes the [[Commonwealth of England]] to reform its navy.
*[[1665]] &ndash; The [[Royal Netherlands Marine Corps]] is founded by [[Michiel de Ruyter]].
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Isaac Newton]]'s derivation of [[Kepler's laws]] from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper ''[[De motu corporum in gyrum]]'', is read to the [[Royal Society]] by [[Edmond Halley]].
*[[1768]] &ndash; The first edition of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' is published.
*[[1799]] &ndash; France adopts the metre as its official [[unit of length]].
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Mississippi]] becomes the 20th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares [[Kentucky]] to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
*  1861   &ndash; Forces led by [[Nguyễn Trung Trực]], an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern [[Vietnam]], sink the French [[lorcha (boat)|lorcha]] ''L'Esperance''.
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Sherman's March to the Sea]]: Major General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]'s [[Union Army]] troops reach the outer [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] defenses of [[Savannah, Georgia]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The Russian Army [[Siege of Plevna|captures Plevna]] after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the [[Liberation of Bulgaria]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of [[Cuba]] to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rowe| first=Joseph M. Jr. |chapter=Treaty of Paris of 1898|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=624}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The first [[Nobel Prize]] ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
*[[1902]] &ndash; The opening of the reservoir of the [[Aswan Low Dam|Aswan Dam]] in [[Egypt]].
*[[1906]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his role in the mediation of the [[Russo-Japanese War]], becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Natalie A. Naylor|author2=Douglas Brinkley|author3=John A. Gable|title=Theodore Roosevelt--many-sided American|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XP92AAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Heart of the Lakes Pub.|isbn=978-1-55787-085-8|page=20}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; The worst night of the [[Brown Dog affair|Brown Dog riots]] in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.<ref name="Lansbury1985">{{cite book|author=Coral Lansbury|title=The Old Brown Dog: Women, Workers, and Vivisection in Edwardian England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mja8AAAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-10250-0|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Selma Lagerlöf]] becomes the first female writer to receive the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Folkerdina Stientje de Vrieze|author2=Selma Lagerlöf|title=Fact and Fiction in the Autobiographical Works of Selma Lagerlöf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-3UAAAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Van Gorcum|page=371}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Thailand]] becomes a [[Constitution of Thailand|constitutional monarchy]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Abdication Crisis]]: [[Edward VIII]] signs the ''[[Edward VIII abdication crisis|Instrument of Abdication]]''.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Royal Navy]] capital ships {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} and {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}} are [[Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse|sunk]] by [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[torpedo bomber]]s near [[British Malaya]].
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)|Battle of the Philippines]]: [[Imperial Japan]]ese forces under the command of General [[Masaharu Homma]] land on [[Luzon]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Polish government-in-exile|Government of Poland in exile]] send [[Raczyński's Note]] (the first official report on the [[Holocaust]]) to 26 governments who signed the [[Declaration by United Nations]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights|The Human Rights Convention]] is signed by the [[United Nations]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[People's Liberation Army]] begins its siege of [[Chengdu]], the last [[Kuomintang]]-held city in [[mainland China]], forcing [[President of the Republic of China]] [[Chiang Kai-shek]] and his government to retreat to [[Taiwan]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[United Kingdom|British]] Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] receives the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Zanzibar]] gains independence from the United Kingdom as a [[constitutional monarchy]], under Sultan [[Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar|Jamshid bin Abdullah]].
*  1963   &ndash; An [[High Commissioner attack|assassination attempt]] on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "[[300 million yen robbery]]", is carried out in Tokyo.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]: [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Menachem Begin]] and [[President of Egypt]] [[Anwar Sadat]] are jointly awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Kaohsiung Incident]]: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the [[KMT]] dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Democracy]] is restored in [[Argentina]] with the inauguration of President [[Raúl Alfonsín]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[United Nations General Assembly]] recognizes the [[United Nations Convention against Torture|Convention against Torture]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Mongolian Revolution of 1990|Mongolian Revolution]]: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] announces the establishment of the [[Mongolian Democratic Union]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] is sworn in as the 1st [[President of Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kudrenok |first=Tatyana |date=2021-12-10 |title=10th of December in history: Historically important day: 10 December 2021, 15:47 - news on inform.kz |url=https://www.inform.kz/en/10th-of-december-in-history-historically-important-day_a3872940 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Kazinform |language=en}}</ref>
*1991 &ndash; The [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] is renamed into the [[Republic of Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The decision to rename the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic as the Republic of Kazakhstan was made |url=https://e-history.kz/en/calendar/show/27420 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=e-history.kz |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; The last shift leaves [[Wearmouth Colliery]] in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old [[County Durham]] [[coalfield]], which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Rwandan genocide]]: [[Maurice Baril]], military advisor to the U.N. [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] and head of the Military Division of the [[Department of Peacekeeping Operations]], recommends that [[UNAMIR]] stand down.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Israeli army]] withdraws from [[Nablus]] pursuant to the terms of [[Oslo I Accord|Oslo Accord]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; The new [[Constitution of South Africa]] is promulgated by [[Nelson Mandela]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Helen Clark]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]], the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.<ref name="Boston">{{cite book |last1=Boston |first1=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Boston |title=Left Turn: The New Zealand General Election of 1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Victoria University Press |isbn=9780864734044 |page=248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUYU8uVXgJgC&pg=PA248 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/mps-and-parliaments-1854-onwards/prime-ministers-of-new-zealand-since-1856/|title=Prime Ministers of New Zealand since 1856|website=New Zealand Parliament|date=18 January 2019|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145]] crashes at [[Port Harcourt International Airport]] in [[Nigeria]], killing 108 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 5N-BFD Port Harcourt Airport (PHC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20051210-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223002351/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=20051210-0 |archive-date=23 February 2006 }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; Palestinian minister [[Ziad Abu Ein]] is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli forces]] in the village ([[Turmus Ayya|Turmus'ayya]]) in [[Ramallah]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Rojava conflict]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Council]] is established in [[Al-Malikiyah|Dêrik]], forming the political wing of the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] in northeast Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/article/6702811/2015/12/10/syria-kurd-arab-coalition-creates-political-wing|title=Kurdish-Arab coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria creates political wing|publisher=GlobalPost (AFP)|date=2015-12-10|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/11/kurdish-arab-coalition-in-syria-forms-political-wing.html|title=Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria forms political wing|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=2015-12-11|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/executive-board-of-democratic-syria-assembly-elected|title=Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected|publisher=ANF|date=2015-12-13|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[December 2016 Istanbul bombings|Two explosions]] outside a [[Vodafone Park|football stadium]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] is defeated in [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aboulenein |first1=Ahmed |title=Iraq holds victory parade after defeating Islamic State |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-parade/iraq-holds-victory-parade-after-defeating-islamic-state-idUSKBN1E407Z |access-date=December 8, 2019 |work=Reuters |date=December 10, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[Ostrava hospital attack]] in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50725840 |work=[[BBC]] |title=Czech shooting: Gunman kills six at hospital in Ostrava |date=10 December 2019 |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A widespread, deadly, and violent [[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021|tornado outbreak]] slams the [[Central United States|Central]], [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]], and [[Southern United States|Southern]] regions of the [[United States]]. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in [[Kentucky]], where a [[2021 Western Kentucky tornado|single tornado]] kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/tornado-storms-weekend.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title= What to know about the deadly tornado outbreak.|date=11 December 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>