What happened on February 10

41 documented historical events happened on February 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: the city of Bukhara was captured and looted by the Mongol army of Genghis Khan. On the same day, in another year: The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan, who later sacked the city, killing hundreds of thousands of people. 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 February 10, including José Manuel Castañón, Alex Comfort, Árpád Göncz. 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.

86 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 10, including Scholastica, William IX of Aquitaine, Baldwin III of Jerusalem. 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 February 10 around the world: Christian feast day: Austrebertha, Christian feast day: Charalambos, Christian feast day: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, Christian feast day: José Sánchez del Río, Christian feast day: Scholastica, Christian feast day: February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). 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.