Editing February 10 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1258]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Baghdad]] ends with the surrender of the last [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid caliph]] to [[Hulegu Khan]], a prince of the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Atwood |first=Christopher P. |date=2004 |title=Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire |chapter=‘Abbasid Caliphate |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-4671-3 |url=https://www.academia.edu/8855875 |access-date=2 March 2022 |page=2}}</ref>
*[[1306]] &ndash; In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in [[Dumfries]], [[Robert the Bruce]] murders [[John Comyn III of Badenoch|John Comyn]], sparking the revolution in the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]].
*[[1355]] &ndash; The [[St Scholastica Day riot]] breaks out in [[Oxford]], England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.<ref>{{cite book |first=William Abel |last=Pantin |author-link=William Abel Pantin |title=Oxford Life in Oxford Archives |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordlifeinoxfo0000pant |url-access=registration |year=1972 |publisher=Clarendon P. |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordlifeinoxfo0000pant/page/99 99]|isbn=978-0-19-822351-1 }}</ref>
*[[1502]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] sets sail from [[Lisbon]], Portugal, on his [[4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502)|second voyage]] to India.<ref>{{cite book |first=Armando |last=Cortesão |author-link=Armando Cortesão |title=The Mystery of Vasco Da Gama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNAgAQAAIAAJ |year=1973 |publisher=Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga, Secção Anexa à Universidade de Coimbra |page=107}}</ref>
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley|Lord Darnley]], second husband of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is found strangled following an explosion at the [[Kirk o' Field|Kirk o' Field house]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, a suspected assassination.

===1601–1900===
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Huilliche uprising of 1712|Huilliches in Chiloé rebel]] against Spanish [[encomienda|encomenderos]].<ref name=Urbina>{{cite journal |last=Urbina |first=Rodolfo |year=1990 |title=La rebelión indígena de 1712: los tributarios de Chiloé contra la encomienda |trans-title=The Indigenous Rebellion of 1712: The Tributaries of Chiloé Against the Encomienda |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008625.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314211720/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/mc0008625.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=live |journal=Tiempo y espacio [Time and Space] |issue=1 |pages=73–86 |location=Chillán |publisher=El Departamento |language=es }}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] ends the war and France cedes [[Quebec]] to Great Britain.<ref>{{cite book |first= Colin G. |last= Calloway |title= The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XtxG369-VHQC&pg=PA8|year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press|page=8|isbn= 978-0-19-804119-1}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Champaubert]] ends in French victory over the [[Russian Empire|Russians]] and the [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussians]].
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom marries [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]: [[Battle of Sobraon]]: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]] is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional [[President of the Confederate States of America]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: A [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate [[Mosquito Fleet]] in the [[Battle of Elizabeth City]] on the [[Pasquotank River]] in [[North Carolina]].

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}}, the first of a revolutionary [[Dreadnought|new breed of battleships]], is christened.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History : British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Józef Haller de Hallenburg]] performs the [[Poland's Wedding to the Sea|symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea]], celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
*[[1920]] &ndash; About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join [[Denmark]] in the [[1920 Schleswig plebiscites]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Texas Tech University]] is founded as Texas Technological College in [[Lubbock, Texas]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; The [[Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng]] launches the failed [[Yên Bái mutiny]] in hope of overthrowing [[Annam (French protectorate)|French protectorate over Vietnam]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; In round 13 of a [[boxing]] match at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], [[Primo Carnera]] knocks out [[Ernie Schaaf]]. Schaaf dies four days later.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] troops launch the [[Battle of Amba Aradam]] against [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopian]] defenders.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] conclude their [[Catalonia Offensive|conquest of Catalonia]] and seal the border with France.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from [[Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union|occupied eastern Poland]] to Siberia.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Attempting to completely lift the [[Siege of Leningrad]], the [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]] engages [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops and [[Francoist Spain|Spanish]] volunteers in the [[Battle of Krasny Bor]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947|Paris Peace Treaties]] are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the [[Allies of World War II]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] warns against United States intervention in [[Vietnam]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Captured American [[Lockheed U-2|U2 spy-plane]] pilot [[Gary Powers]] is exchanged for captured [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Melbourne–Voyager collision]]: The aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} collides with and sinks the destroyer {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|6}} off the south coast of [[New South Wales]], Australia, killing 82.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ras al-Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]] joins the [[United Arab Emirates]], now making up seven emirates.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Kenya Army|Kenyan soldiers]] kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the [[Wagalla massacre]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ron Brown]] is elected chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], becoming the first [[African Americans|African American]] to lead a major American [[political party]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[IBM]] supercomputer [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in chess for the first time.
*[[2003]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a [[Fokker 50]] [[Kish Air Flight 7170|crashes]] near [[Sharjah International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 EP-LCA Sharjah Airport (SHJ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040210-0|access-date=2022-02-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[communications satellite]]s [[Iridium 33]] and [[Kosmos 2251]] [[2009 satellite collision|collide in orbit]], destroying both.
*[[2013]] &ndash; Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a [[2013 Kumbh Mela stampede|stampede]] in [[Allahabad]], India, during the [[Kumbh Mela]] festival.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[South Korea]] decides to stop the [[Kaesong Industrial Region|operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex]] with [[North Korea]] in response to the launch of [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a [[Kowloon Motor Bus]] [[double-decker bus|double decker]] on route 872 in [[Hong Kong]] [[2018 Hong Kong bus accident|overturns]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; The traditional [[Rio Carnival|Carnival in Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelan tradicional carnaval en Río de Janeiro debido a la pandemia |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/10/mundo/cancelan-tradicional-carnaval-en-rio-de-janeiro-de/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 10, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], starts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vera |first=Eric Levenson,Travis Caldwell,Amir |date=2021-02-18 |title=Texas governor says he is responsible for the status of ERCOT, vows reforms |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/weather/texas-winter-storm-thursday/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>