What is February 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1258]] &ndash; [[Baghdad]] falls to the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]]. * [[1306]] &ndash; In [[Dumfries]], [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert the Bruce]] kills [[John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch]]. * [[1355]] &ndash; St. Scholastica's Day riot: Two days of rioting in [[Oxford]] leaves 63 scholars and probably 30 locals dead. * [[1567]] &ndash; An Explosion destroys the [[Kirk o' Field]] building in [[Edinburgh]] and [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]] is found dead, most probably in an assassination. * [[1763]] &ndash; In the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], [[France]] has to give [[Quebec]] to [[Great Britain]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Champaubert]] ends in French victory over the [[Russia]]ns and [[Prussia]]ns. * [[1840]] &ndash; Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]] and [[Albert, Prince Consort]], marry. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]] is informed by [[telegraph]] of his election as provisional [[President]] of the [[Confederate States of America]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; The [[fire extinguisher]] is patented. * [[1870]] &ndash; The [[YWCA]] (Young Woman's Christian Association) is founded in [[New York City]]. * [[1881]] &ndash; French [[opera]] ''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]'' is first performed in [[Paris]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: [[Japan]] declares war on [[Russia]]. * [[1906]] &ndash; The [[battleship]] HMS ''Dreadnought'' is launched in [[Portsmouth]]. * [[1910]] &ndash; Off [[Minorca]], French [[passenger]] [[ship]] ''General Chanzy'' is tossed against a [[reef]] in a [[storm]], causing it to sink. Only 1 of the 156 people on board survives. * [[1920]] &ndash; North Schleswig votes to become part of [[Denmark]]. * [[1933]] &ndash; Round 13 of [[Boxing]] Match in [[New York City]]'s [[Madison Square Garden]]: [[Primo Carnera]] knocks down [[Ernie Schaaf]], who dies four days later as a result of his injuries. * [[1939]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Nationalism|Nationalis