What happened on December 10

53 documented historical events happened on December 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice. On the same day, in another year: Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on December 10, including Philip Hart, Tetsuji Takechi, Pannonica de Koenigswarter. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

125 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 10, including Sancho I of Pamplona, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Paolo Uccello. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

11 observances are celebrated on December 10 around the world: Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden), Christian feast day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Eulalia of Mérida, Christian feast day: Gregory III, Christian feast day: Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA)), Christian feast day: Polydore Plasden. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.