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| February 10th, 2060 (February 10 2060) | Event | Paul of Tarsus journeys to Rome, but is shipwrecked at Malta. He stays on Malta for three months and converts the Roman governor Publius. The exact date is not known, however, the feast is celebrated on this day. | |
| February 10th, 2008 (February 10 2008) | Event | The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea. | |
| February 10th, 2008 (February 10 2008) | Death | Roy Scheider, American Actor (born in 1932) | |
| February 10th, 2008 (February 10 2008) | Death | Steve Gerber, American comics writer (born in 1947) | |
| February 10th, 2007 (February 10 2007) | Event | Barack Obama announces his candidacy in the 2008 United States Presidential Election | Barack Obama Quotes |
| February 10th, 2007 (February 10 2007) | Death | Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (born in 1980) | |
| February 10th, 2007 (February 10 2007) | Death | Ned Austin, American character actor (born in 1925) | |
| February 10th, 2006 (February 10 2006) | Death | J Dilla, American rapper/producer (born in 1974) | |
| February 10th, 2006 (February 10 2006) | Death | Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (born in 1947) | |
| February 10th, 2005 (February 10 2005) | Death | Arthur Miller, American playwright (born in 1915) | Arthur Miller Quotes |
| February 10th, 2004 (February 10 2004) | Death | Guy Provost, Quebec actor (born in 1925) | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Event | 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. | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Death | Edgar de Evia, American photographer (born in 1910) | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Death | Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (born in 1959) | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Death | Clark MacGregor, United States Congressman from Minnesota (born in 1922) | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Death | Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose, California (born in 1908) | |
| February 10th, 2003 (February 10 2003) | Death | Ron Ziegler, press secretary to Richard Nixon (born in 1939) | |
| February 10th, 2002 (February 10 2002) | Death | Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler s secretary (born in 1920) | Traudl Junge Quotes |
| February 10th, 2002 (February 10 2002) | Death | Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (born in 1936) | |
| February 10th, 2001 (February 10 2001) | Death | Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City (born in 1906) | Abraham Quotes |
| February 10th, 2001 (February 10 2001) | Death | George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (born in 1913) | |
| February 10th, 2000 (February 10 2000) | Death | Jim Varney, American actor (born in 1949) | |
| February 10th, 1998 (February 10 1998) | Event | Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law. | |
| February 10th, 1997 (February 10 1997) | Birth | Chloe Moretz, American actress | |
| February 10th, 1997 (February 10 1997) | Death | Matthew Eappen of Newton Massachusetts (born in 1996) | |
| February 10th, 1996 (February 10 1996) | Event | The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time. | Garry Kasparov Quotes |
| February 10th, 1994 (February 10 1994) | Birth | Makenzie Vega, American actress | |
| February 10th, 1993 (February 10 1993) | Death | Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (born in 1929) | |
| February 10th, 1992 (February 10 1992) | Death | Alex Haley, American author (born in 1921) | Alex Haley Quotes |
| February 10th, 1991 (February 10 1991) | Birth | Emma Roberts, American actress | |
| February 10th, 1989 (February 10 1989) | Event | Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. | |
| February 10th, 1987 (February 10 1987) | Birth | Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior) | |
| February 10th, 1987 (February 10 1987) | Death | Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (born in 1930) | |
| February 10th, 1986 (February 10 1986) | Birth | Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model | |
| February 10th, 1985 (February 10 1985) | Birth | Anette Sagen, Norwegian ski jumper | |
| February 10th, 1985 (February 10 1985) | Death | Johnny Mokan, baseball player (born in 1895) | |
| February 10th, 1984 (February 10 1984) | Birth | Alex Gordon, American baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1984 (February 10 1984) | Birth | Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress | |
| February 10th, 1984 (February 10 1984) | Death | David Von Erich, professional wrestler (born in 1958) | |
| February 10th, 1982 (February 10 1982) | Birth | Keith Dunne, Irish footballer | |
| February 10th, 1982 (February 10 1982) | Birth | Justin Gatlin, American sprinter | |
| February 10th, 1982 (February 10 1982) | Birth | Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player | |
| February 10th, 1981 (February 10 1981) | Event | A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198. | |
| February 10th, 1981 (February 10 1981) | Birth | Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer | |
| February 10th, 1981 (February 10 1981) | Birth | Andrew Johnson, English footballer | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| February 10th, 1981 (February 10 1981) | Birth | Holly Willoughby, British TV presenter | |
| February 10th, 1981 (February 10 1981) | Birth | Tholomew Plague, drummer (Avenged Sevenfold) | |
| February 10th, 1980 (February 10 1980) | Birth | Cesar Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1980 (February 10 1980) | Birth | Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 10th, 1980 (February 10 1980) | Birth | Steve Tully, English footballer | |
| February 10th, 1979 (February 10 1979) | Birth | Daryl Palumbo, American musician | |
| February 10th, 1979 (February 10 1979) | Birth | Ross Powers, American snowboarder | |
| February 10th, 1978 (February 10 1978) | Birth | Lorna Bailey, English ceramic designer | |
| February 10th, 1978 (February 10 1978) | Birth | Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer | |
| February 10th, 1977 (February 10 1977) | Birth | Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer | |
| February 10th, 1976 (February 10 1976) | Birth | Lance Berkman, American baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1976 (February 10 1976) | Birth | Kev Brown, American rapper/producer | |
| February 10th, 1975 (February 10 1975) | Birth | Amber Frey, American witness in the Scott Peterson case | |
| February 10th, 1975 (February 10 1975) | Birth | Kool Savas, German rapper | |
| February 10th, 1975 (February 10 1975) | Birth | Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese born baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1975 (February 10 1975) | Death | Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (born in 1910) | |
| February 10th, 1974 (February 10 1974) | Birth | Elizabeth Banks, American actress | |
| February 10th, 1974 (February 10 1974) | Birth | Ty Law, American football player | |
| February 10th, 1974 (February 10 1974) | Birth | Tanoai Reed, American stunt performer | |
| February 10th, 1971 (February 10 1971) | Birth | Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (died in 1998) | |
| February 10th, 1971 (February 10 1971) | Birth | Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Alberto Castillo, Dominican baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Myrea Pettit, British illustrator | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Asne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist | |
| February 10th, 1970 (February 10 1970) | Birth | Janne Sundstrom, Swedish systemdeveloper | |
| February 10th, 1969 (February 10 1969) | Birth | Joe Mangrum, American artist | |
| February 10th, 1969 (February 10 1969) | Birth | Laurie Dhue, American television personality | |
| February 10th, 1968 (February 10 1968) | Birth | Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| February 10th, 1968 (February 10 1968) | Birth | Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster | |
| February 10th, 1967 (February 10 1967) | Event | The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified. | |
| February 10th, 1967 (February 10 1967) | Birth | Laura Dern, American actress | |
| February 10th, 1967 (February 10 1967) | Birth | Jacky Durand, French cyclist | |
| February 10th, 1967 (February 10 1967) | Birth | Armand Serrano, Filipino animator | |
| February 10th, 1966 (February 10 1966) | Birth | Daryl Johnston, American football player | |
| February 10th, 1966 (February 10 1966) | Death | Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (born in 1899) | |
| February 10th, 1965 (February 10 1965) | Birth | Mario Jean, Quebec comedian and television actor | |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Event | Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. | |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Birth | Glenn Beck, American radio and television host | Glenn Beck Quotes |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Birth | Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (died in 1989) | |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Birth | Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat | |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Birth | Francesca Neri, Italian actress | |
| February 10th, 1964 (February 10 1964) | Death | Eugen Sanger, Austrian aerospace engineer (born in 1905) | |
| February 10th, 1963 (February 10 1963) | Birth | Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1962 (February 10 1962) | Event | Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. | |
| February 10th, 1962 (February 10 1962) | Birth | Cliff Burton, American musician (died in 1986) | |
| February 10th, 1962 (February 10 1962) | Birth | Bobby Czyz, American boxer | |
| February 10th, 1962 (February 10 1962) | Birth | Piero Pelu, Italian singer and song-writer (Litfiba) | |
| February 10th, 1961 (February 10 1961) | Birth | Alexander Payne, American film director | |
| February 10th, 1961 (February 10 1961) | Birth | George Stephanopoulos, American political commentator | |
| February 10th, 1960 (February 10 1960) | Birth | Robert Addie, British actor (died in 2003) | |
| February 10th, 1960 (February 10 1960) | Death | Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (born in 1898) | |
| February 10th, 1959 (February 10 1959) | Birth | Dennis Gentry, American football player | |
| February 10th, 1959 (February 10 1959) | Birth | Lisa McPherson, Former Scientologist (died in 1995) | |
| February 10th, 1958 (February 10 1958) | Birth | Michael Weiss, American musician | |
| February 10th, 1957 (February 10 1957) | Death | Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (born in 1867) | |
| February 10th, 1955 (February 10 1955) | Birth | Chris Adams, British pro wrestler and judoka (died in 2001) | |
| February 10th, 1955 (February 10 1955) | Birth | Jim Cramer, American television personality | |
| February 10th, 1955 (February 10 1955) | Birth | Greg Norman, Australian golfer | |
| February 10th, 1954 (February 10 1954) | Event | President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. | |
| February 10th, 1954 (February 10 1954) | Birth | Larry McWilliams, baseball player | |
| February 10th, 1952 (February 10 1952) | Birth | Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore | |
| February 10th, 1952 (February 10 1952) | Death | Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (born in 1880) | |
| February 10th, 1951 (February 10 1951) | Birth | Robert Iger, American entertainment executive | |
| February 10th, 1950 (February 10 1950) | Birth | Mark Spitz, American swimmer | |
| February 10th, 1950 (February 10 1950) | Death | Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (born in 1872) | |
| February 10th, 1949 (February 10 1949) | Birth | Jim Corcoran, Quebec singer and songwriter | |
| February 10th, 1949 (February 10 1949) | Birth | Maxime Le Forestier, French singer | |
| February 10th, 1949 (February 10 1949) | Birth | Nigel Olsson, British musician | |
| February 10th, 1949 (February 10 1949) | Birth | Harold Sylvester, American actor | |
| February 10th, 1948 (February 10 1948) | Birth | Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (died in 1994) | |
| February 10th, 1947 (February 10 1947) | Event | Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia. | |
| February 10th, 1947 (February 10 1947) | Birth | Louise Arbour, Canadian judge | |
| February 10th, 1947 (February 10 1947) | Birth | Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer | |
| February 10th, 1947 (February 10 1947) | Birth | Nicholas Owen, English newsreader | |
| February 10th, 1945 (February 10 1945) | Death | Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist (born in 1878) | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Birth | Peter Allen, Australian singer and actor (died in 1992) | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Birth | Frank Keating, American politician | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Birth | Rufus Reid, American musician | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Birth | Vernor Vinge, American novelist | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Birth | Frances Moore Lappe, American writer and activist | |
| February 10th, 1944 (February 10 1944) | Death | Eugene Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (born in 1870) | |
| February 10th, 1943 (February 10 1943) | Birth | Bill Laskey, American football player | |
| February 10th, 1941 (February 10 1941) | Birth | Michael Apted, British director | |
| February 10th, 1940 (February 10 1940) | Birth | Mary Rand, British athlete | |
| February 10th, 1939 (February 10 1939) | Birth | Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada | |
| February 10th, 1939 (February 10 1939) | Death | Pope Pius XI (born in 1857) | |
| February 10th, 1937 (February 10 1937) | Birth | Roberta Flack, American singer | |
| February 10th, 1935 (February 10 1935) | Birth | John Alcorn (artist), American designer and illustrator (died in 1992) | |
| February 10th, 1934 (February 10 1934) | Birth | Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet | |
| February 10th, 1933 (February 10 1933) | Event | The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram. | |
| February 10th, 1933 (February 10 1933) | Event | In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him. | |
| February 10th, 1933 (February 10 1933) | Event | Adolf Hitler takes a speech in Sportpalast, Berlin10 days after he became Reichskanzler on January 30th. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| February 10th, 1933 (February 10 1933) | Birth | Richard Schickel, American film critic | |
| February 10th, 1932 (February 10 1932) | Death | Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (born in 1875) | Edgar Wallace Quotes |
| February 10th, 1931 (February 10 1931) | Event | New Delhi becomes the capital of India. | |
| February 10th, 1931 (February 10 1931) | Birth | Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author (died in 1989) | |
| February 10th, 1931 (February 10 1931) | Birth | Doug Young, American voice actor | |
| February 10th, 1930 (February 10 1930) | Birth | Robert Wagner, American actor | |
| February 10th, 1929 (February 10 1929) | Event | Msgr. Stephen Alencastre, SS.CC., dedicates the beautiful Romanesque church of Saint Patrick in Honolulu. | Saint Patrick Quotes |
| February 10th, 1929 (February 10 1929) | Birth | Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (died in 2004) | |
| February 10th, 1927 (February 10 1927) | Birth | Leontyne Price, American soprano | |
| February 10th, 1927 (February 10 1927) | Birth | Brian Priestman, British conductor | |
| February 10th, 1926 (February 10 1926) | Birth | Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (died in 1993) | |
| February 10th, 1924 (February 10 1924) | Birth | Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player and executive (died in 2005) | |
| February 10th, 1923 (February 10 1923) | Death | Wilhelm Rontgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1845) | |
| February 10th, 1920 (February 10 1920) | Event | Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. | |
| February 10th, 1920 (February 10 1920) | Birth | Alex Comfort, British physician and writer (died in 2000) | |
| February 10th, 1918 (February 10 1918) | Death | Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan (born in 1842) | |
| February 10th, 1918 (February 10 1918) | Death | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1833) | |
| February 10th, 1917 (February 10 1917) | Death | John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (born in 1849) | |
| February 10th, 1914 (February 10 1914) | Birth | Larry Adler, American musician (died in 2001) | |
| February 10th, 1912 (February 10 1912) | Death | Joseph Lister, British surgeon (born in 1827) | |
| February 10th, 1910 (February 10 1910) | Birth | Georges Pire, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1969) | |
| February 10th, 1906 (February 10 1906) | Event | HMS Dreadnought (1906) is launched | |
| February 10th, 1906 (February 10 1906) | Birth | Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (died in 1973) | |
| February 10th, 1906 (February 10 1906) | Birth | Erik Rhodes, American actor (died in 1990) | |
| February 10th, 1906 (February 10 1906) | Death | Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (born in 1827) | |
| February 10th, 1904 (February 10 1904) | Event | The Russo-Japanese War over Korea and Manchuria begins after the Battle of Port Arthur. | |
| February 10th, 1904 (February 10 1904) | Birth | John Farrow, American film director (died in 1963) | |
| February 10th, 1904 (February 10 1904) | Death | John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (born in 1844) | |
| February 10th, 1903 (February 10 1903) | Birth | Waldemar Hoven, German physician (died in 1948) | |
| February 10th, 1903 (February 10 1903) | Birth | Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (died in 1939) | |
| February 10th, 1902 (February 10 1902) | Birth | Walter Houser Brattain, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1987) | |
| February 10th, 1901 (February 10 1901) | Birth | Stella Adler, American actress (died in 1992) | |
| February 10th, 1898 (February 10 1898) | Birth | Bertolt Brecht, German author (died in 1956) | Bertolt Brecht Quotes |
| February 10th, 1898 (February 10 1898) | Birth | Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (died in 1979) | |
| February 10th, 1897 (February 10 1897) | Birth | Judith Anderson, Australian actress (died in 1992) | |
| February 10th, 1897 (February 10 1897) | Birth | John Franklin Enders, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1985) | |
| February 10th, 1894 (February 10 1894) | Birth | Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1986) | |
| February 10th, 1893 (February 10 1893) | Birth | Jimmy Durante, American actor/comedian (died in 1980) | Jimmy Durante Quotes |
| February 10th, 1893 (February 10 1893) | Birth | Bill Tilden, American tennis player (died in 1953) | |
| February 10th, 1892 (February 10 1892) | Birth | Alan Hale Sr., American actor (died in 1950) | |
| February 10th, 1891 (February 10 1891) | Death | Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (born in 1850) | |
| February 10th, 1890 (February 10 1890) | Birth | Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1960) | |
| February 10th, 1890 (February 10 1890) | Birth | Fanny Kaplan, failed assassin of Vladimir Lenin. (died in 1918) | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
| February 10th, 1884 (February 10 1884) | Birth | Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (died in 1976) | |
| February 10th, 1870 (February 10 1870) | Event | The YWCA is founded (New York City). | |
| February 10th, 1865 (February 10 1865) | Death | Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (born in 1804) | |
| February 10th, 1863 (February 10 1863) | Event | The world-famous dwarfs General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City. | |
| February 10th, 1859 (February 10 1859) | Birth | Alexandre Millerand, French President (died in 1943) | Alex Miller Quotes |
| February 10th, 1857 (February 10 1857) | Death | David Thompson, Canadian explorer (born in 1770) | |
| February 10th, 1846 (February 10 1846) | Event | First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of SobraonBritish defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war | |
| February 10th, 1846 (February 10 1846) | Birth | Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (died in 1919) | |
| February 10th, 1846 (February 10 1846) | Birth | Ira Remsen, American chemist (died in 1927) | |
| February 10th, 1840 (February 10 1840) | Event | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. | |
| February 10th, 1837 (February 10 1837) | Death | Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and novelist (born in 1799) | Aleksandr Pushkin Quotes |
| February 10th, 1829 (February 10 1829) | Death | Pope Leo XII (born in 1760) | |
| February 10th, 1814 (February 10 1814) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert | |
| February 10th, 1798 (February 10 1798) | Event | Louis Alexandre Berthier invaded Rome, on February 15 proclaimed a Roman Republic and then on February 20 take Pope Pius VI as a prisoner. | |
| February 10th, 1795 (February 10 1795) | Birth | Ary Scheffer, French painter (died in 1858) | |
| February 10th, 1785 (February 10 1785) | Birth | Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (died in 1936) | |
| February 10th, 1783 (February 10 1783) | Birth | Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (died in 1873) | |
| February 10th, 1782 (February 10 1782) | Death | Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (born in 1702) | |
| February 10th, 1775 (February 10 1775) | Birth | Charles Lamb, English essayist (died in 1834) | Charles Lamb Quotes |
| February 10th, 1763 (February 10 1763) | Event | French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. | |
| February 10th, 1758 (February 10 1758) | Death | Thomas Ripley, English architect | |
| February 10th, 1755 (February 10 1755) | Death | Montesquieu, French writer (born in 1689) | |
| February 10th, 1722 (February 10 1722) | Death | Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (born in 1682) | |
| February 10th, 1686 (February 10 1686) | Death | William Dugdale, English antiquarian (born in 1605) | |
| February 10th, 1685 (February 10 1685) | Birth | Aaron Hill, English writer (died in 1750) | Aaron Hill Quotes |
| February 10th, 1609 (February 10 1609) | Birth | John Suckling, English poet (died in 1642) | John Suckling Quotes |
| February 10th, 1606 (February 10 1606) | Birth | Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (died in 1663) | |
| February 10th, 1576 (February 10 1576) | Death | Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (born in 1532) | |
| February 10th, 1567 (February 10 1567) | Event | An explosion destroys the Kirk o Field house in Edinburgh, Scotlandied in The second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination. | |
| February 10th, 1542 (February 10 1542) | Event | Queen Catherine Howard of England is confined in the Tower of London to be executed three days later for treason (adultery). | |
| February 10th, 1524 (February 10 1524) | Birth | Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (died in 1580) | |
| February 10th, 1499 (February 10 1499) | Birth | Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (died in 1582) | |
| February 10th, 1355 (February 10 1355) | Event | The St. Scholastica s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. | |
| February 10th, 1278 (February 10 1278) | Death | Margaret II of Flanders (born in 1202) | |
| February 10th, 1242 (February 10 1242) | Death | Emperor Shijo of Japan (born in 1231) | |
| February 10th, 1162 (February 10 1162) | Death | King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born in 1130) | |
| February 10th, 1126 (February 10 1126) | Death | William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (born in 1071) | |
