On This Day: 10 February

10 February in Indian history

• 2013Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.India
• 1846First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.India
• 1763French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.India
• 1502Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.India

10 February in world history

• 2016South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
• 2009The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit.
• 1996Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the first ever game won by a chess-playing computer against a World Chess Champion under chess tournament conditions.
• 1962Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy arrested by the FBI, was exchanged for Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the CIA spy plane that had been shot down over Soviet airspace two years earlier.
• 1943World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• 1941In the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, a small force of paratroopers landed near Calitri, Italy, to destroy an aqueduct.
• 1939Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists concluded their conquest of Catalonia and sealed the border with France.
• 1930The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launched the failed Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.
• 1906HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened.
• 1862American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroyed the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• 1814Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
• 1712The Huilliche in Chile's Chiloé Archipelago rose up against Spanish encomenderos in revenge for perceived injustices.
• 1567Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
• 1392Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos marries Helena Dragaš, daughter of the Serbian Prince Constantine Dragaš. She is crowned as empress the following day.

Born on 10 February

• 1997Lilly King, American swimmer
• 1986Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• 1982Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
• 1952Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1944Frances Moore Lappé, American author and activist
• 1905Walter A. Brown, American businessman, founded the Boston Celtics (died 1964)

Died on 10 February

• 2021Larry Flynt, American publisher (born 1942)
• 2016Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (born 1930)India
• 2010Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (born 1933)
• 1879Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (born 1808)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 February in history?

2016: South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4. 2013: Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival. 2009: The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit. 1996: Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the first ever game won by a chess-playing computer against a World Chess Champion under chess tournament conditions.

What happened on 10 February in Indian history?

2013: Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival. 1846: First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. 1763: French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

Which famous people were born on 10 February?

Lilly King, American swimmer (1997); Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player (1986); Justin Gatlin, American sprinter (1982); Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore (1952).

Which day is observed on 10 February?

Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta); Fenkil Day(commemoration of the Second Battle of Massawa) (Eritrea); Kurdish Authors Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan); National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy); Arabian Leopard Day.