February 10

Events

 * - The breaks out in, , leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
 * - Queen of  is confined in the  to be  three days later for treason.
 * - An explosion destroys the house in, . The second husband of ,  is found strangled, in what many believe to be an.
 * - : The ends the war and  cedes  to.
 * - invaded, on  proclaimed a  and then on  take  as a prisoner.
 * - Queen marries.
 * - : - British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
 * - The world-famous dwarfs  and  get married in.
 * - The is founded.
 * - Freedom of religion in
 * - is launched
 * - performs , celebrating restitution of  access to open sea.
 * - was founded as Texas Technological College in.
 * - Msgr., , dedicates the beautiful church of  in.
 * - becomes the capital of.
 * - The -based introduces the first.
 * 1933 - In round 13 of a  match at 's,  knocks out , killing him.
 * - The first cartoon "" premiers.
 * - cedes most of  to.
 * - 's play  premiered in New York City.
 * -  warns against  intervention in.
 * - Captured spy pilot  is exchanged for captured  spy.
 * - : The aircraft carrier ' collides with the destroyer ' off the south coast of,.
 * - The ratified.
 * - A fire at the - kills eight and injures 198.
 * - is elected chairman of the  becoming the first  to lead a major.
 * - The supercomputer  defeats  for the first time.
 * - A dropout becomes the first person to be convicted of a  committed in.
 * 1998  - Voters in  repeal a  law passed in  becoming the first  to abandon that law.
 * - and  break the  procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for  in case of a possible war with.
 * - invades the houses of  members in  and attacks  reporting the event.
 * - invades the houses of  members in  and attacks  reporting the event.

Births

 * -, Swiss humanist (d. )
 * -, German politician and diplomat (d. )
 * -, regent of Savoy (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, English essayist (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, French physicist (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, British admiral and politician (d. )
 * 1846  -, American chemist (d. )
 * -, French President (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor/comedian (d. )
 * 1893  -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Australian actress (d. )
 * 1897  -,  (d. )
 * -, German author (d. )
 * 1898  -, French journalist and novelist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Austrian footballer (d. )
 * 1903  -, German physician (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1906  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, physician and writer (d. )
 * -, player, coach, manager and executive (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish footballer (d. )
 * -, American soprano
 * 1927  -, British conductor
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Austrian author (d. )
 * -, American film critic
 * -, New Zealand poet
 * -, American designer and illustrator (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, 26th
 * -, British athlete
 * -, British director
 * -, Australian singer and actor (d. )
 * 1944  -, American musician
 * 1944  -, American politician
 * 1944  -, American novelist
 * -, Canadian judge
 * 1947  -, American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor
 * 1947  -, English newsreader
 * -, Mexican politician (d. )
 * -, French singer
 * 1949  -, drummer
 * 1949  -, American actor
 * 1949  -, Quebec singer and songwriter
 * -, American swimmer
 * -, President/CEO of
 * -, Prime Minister of
 * -, baseball player
 * -, British pro wrestler and judoka (d. )
 * 1955  -, American television personality
 * 1955  -, Australian golfer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American football player
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, American film director
 * 1961  -, Canadian political commentator
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1962  -, American boxer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, radio and television host
 * 1964  -, Canadian Olympic swimmer (d. )
 * 1964  -, Israeli diplomat
 * 1964  -, Italian actress
 * -, Quebec stand up comedian and television actor
 * -, French cyclist
 * 1967  -, American actress
 * -, Indonesian television newscaster
 * -, American artist
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1970  -, Japanese racing driver
 * 1970  -, Moroccan footballer
 * 1970  -, British illustrator
 * 1970  -, Norwegian journalist
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1971  -, American wrestler (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American witness
 * 1975  -, German rapper
 * -, baseball player
 * 1976  -, American rapper/producer
 * -, Senegalese footballer
 * -, English ceramic designer
 * 1978  -, Puerto Rican singer
 * -, American musician
 * 1979  -, American snowboarder
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * 1980  -, English footballer
 * 1980  -,  player
 * -, Canadian singer
 * 1981  -, drummer from
 * 1981  -, English footballer
 * -, American sprinter
 * 1982  -, New Zealand rugby league player
 * 1982  -, Irish footballer
 * -, South Korean actress
 * -, Norwegian ski jumper
 * -, actor/singer, member of Korean boyband
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, poet (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, German classical scholar (b. )
 * -, English antiquarian (b. )
 * -, Welsh pirate (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, English architect
 * -, German theologian (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Russian poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, Canadian explorer (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, Mayor of (b. )
 * -, Canadian businessman and politician (b. )
 * -, British surgeon (b. )
 * -, Italian-born artist (b. )
 * -  (b. )
 * 1918  -, Italian pacifist,  (b. )
 * -, German physicist, (b. )
 * -, English novelist and screenwriter (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Greek astronomer, a crater on and the  on the  were named in his honor (b. )
 * -, French sociologist (b. )
 * -, British-American biochemist, known for the (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Croatian cardinal (b. )
 * -, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. )
 * -, American composer and band leader (b. )
 * -, Greek poet and writer (b. )
 * -, professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. )
 * - of Newton Massachusetts (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Mayor of (b. )
 * 2001  -, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. )
 * -, 's secretary (b. )
 * 2002  -, American folk singer/songwriter (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )
 * 2003  -, American professional wrestler (b. )
 * 2003  -,  (b. )
 * 2003  -, Mayor of  (b. )
 * 2003  -, press secretary to  (b. )
 * -, Quebec actor (b. )
 * -, American playwright (b. )
 * -, American rapper/producer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American golf instructor (b. )
 * -, South Korean actress (b. )
 * 2007  -, American character actor (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe to commemorate n and n exiles and.

Liturgical feasts

 * shipwreck day; birth of  in
 * shipwreck day; birth of  in