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February 10 in history

209 sourced entries recorded on February 10, from 547 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 684Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II accedes to the rulership of the Maya polity of Palenque (modern Mexico).source
  • 1258Siege of Baghdad: Mongol forces (some 150,000 men), led by Hulagu Khan, besiege and conquer Baghdad after a siege of 13 days. During the first week of February, the eastern walls begin to collapse, and the Mongols swarm into the city, on February 10. Caliph Al-Musta'sim surrenders himself to Hulagu – together with all the Abbasid chief officers and officials. They are ordered to lay down their arms, and are massacred. Hulagu imprisons Al-Musta'sim among his treasures, to starve him to death. Meanwhile, massacres continue throughout the whole city; in 40 days about 80,000 citizens are murdered. The only survivors are the ones who are hiding in cellars which are not discovered, and a number of attractive girls and boys who are kept to be slaves, and the Christian community, who take refuge in the churches which are left undisturbed, by the special orders of Hulagu's wife, Doquz Khatun.source
  • 1302The papal bull Ausculta Fili is delivered to Philip the Fair, King of France, but Robert II, Count of Artois, snatches the document from Jacques de Normans, the emissary of Pope Boniface VIII and burns the paper in a fire.source
  • 1302The papal bull Ausculta Fili is delivered to Philip IV, King of France, but Robert II, Count of Artois, snatches the document from Jacques de Normans, the emissary of Pope Boniface VIII and burns the paper in a fire.source
  • 1306Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn III, Scottish nobleman and political rival, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church at Dumfries. Bruce and Comyn meet to discuss their differences at the church (without their swords). An argument between the two ensues, and Bruce draws his dagger in anger and stabs Comyn. He flees the church, telling his followers outside what has occurred. Roger de Kirkpatrick, cousin of Bruce, goes back inside and finishes off the seriously wounded Comyn. In response, Bruce is excommunicated by Pope Clement V.source
  • 1306Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.source
  • 1321By papal verdict announced in the Polish town of Brześć, the Teutonic Knights are ordered to return the coastal region of Gdańsk Pomerania to Poland, having annexed and occupied it since 1308. The Teutonic Order appeals the judgment and continues fighting against Poland, with a new Polish–Teutonic War breaking out soon afterward.source
  • 1326The Raid on Brandenburg begins as Polish-Lithuanian forces led by Władysław I Łokietek, "the elbow-high", King of Poland, and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under Gediminas, raid the territories of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (within the Holy Roman Empire), with the sanction of Pope John XXII. Władysław regards the Neumark (East Brandenburg) as Polish territory.source
  • 1344Ralph d'Ufford is appointed Justiciar.source
  • 1355St Scholastica Day riot in Oxford, England, breaks out, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.source
  • 1392Helena Dragaš, a descendant of King Stefan III Dečanski of Serbia, marries the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and is crowned the next day as the Empress Consort of the Byzantine Empire.source
  • 1393The English Parliament adjourns after three weeks and the passage of numerous laws. Among the acts given royal assent are the Trade Act 1392 ("No merchant stranger shall buy or sell with another merchant stranger to sell again"), the Statute of Praemunire (which outlaws appealing an English court case to the Pope if the King of England objects) and the Weights and Measures Act 1392 ("The clerk of the market shall carry with him all his weights and measures signed.")source
  • 1397John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset in England.source
  • 1404Thomas of Lancaster, the second son of King Henry IV of England, becomes Admiral of the North and South succeeding Admiral Thomas Beaufort.source
  • 1438All Souls' College is founded in the University of Oxford by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Henry VI of England as a graduate institution.source
  • 1471Albrecht III Achilles becomes the new Elector of Brandenburg upon the abdication of his older brother, Friedrich II, who had guided the electorate since 1440.source
  • 1489The Treaty of Redon is signed between the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of England, with an agreement approved by King Henry VII for England to provide 6,000 soldiers, with the expense to be paid by Brittany.source
  • 1489Treaty of Redon is signed between England and Brittany to prevent France from annexing Brittany.source
  • 1495King's College, Aberdeen, predecessor of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, is founded with the issuance of the papal bull Primo Erectio Universitatis by Pope Alexander VI on the petition of William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen.source
  • 1519The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his conquistadores depart from Cuba toward the island of Cozumel in Mexico to begin a mission of conquest.source
  • 1522The Grünwald Conference takes place in the Duchy of Bavaria in Germany, as the co-rulers, Duke Wilhelm IV and Duke Ludwig X agreed to retain the traditional Roman Catholic Church but to make their own reformation of the church within the Duchy, beginning what will eventually become the Counter-Reformation.source
  • 1537Francis Bigod, leader of Bigod's rebellion is captured at Cumberland by the English Army and imprisoned at Carlisle Castle. He is hanged at Tyburn on June 2.source
  • 1548The Exchequer orders the minting of groats at Dublin Castle.source
  • 1567Murder of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, at the Kirk o' Field in Edinburgh by gunpowder explosion.source
  • 1582François, Duke of Anjou, arrives in the Netherlands, where he is personally welcomed by William the Silent.source
  • 1605Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice is given its earliest recorded performance, presented by the King's Men players at the Palace of Whitehall for King James I of England. A second performance is given on February 12, Shrove Tuesday, at the King's request.source
  • 1628King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden issues an order bringing an end to the "foolishness and insanity" ("dårskap och galenskap") of religious visionary Margareta i Kumla, prohibiting Swedes from making pilgrimages to see her on pain of imprisonment, and threatening her with incarceration if she continues to preach about her visions from the angels.source
  • 1653Swiss peasant war of 1653: Peasants from the Entlebuch valley in Switzerland assemble at Heiligkreuz to organize a plan to suspend all tax payments to the authorities in the canton of Lucerne, after having been snubbed at a magisterial meeting in Lucerne. More communities in the canton join in an alliance concluded at Wolhusen on February 26.source
  • 1654The Battle of Tullich takes place in Aberdeenshire in Scotland during Glencairn's rising, a revolt by Scottish royalists against the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland led by Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. The battle is indecisive.source
  • 165910 February and 11 – A Swedish siege of the city during the Second Northern War culminates in the Assault on Copenhagen results in Danish victory.source
  • 1663The army of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) captures Chiang Mai from the Kingdom of Burma (now Myanmar), using it as a base for launching a larger attack on the Burmese coast in November.source
  • 1673The première of Molière's comédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid (Le malade imaginaire) takes place in Paris. During the fourth performance, the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after.source
  • 1673Molière's comédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid premiers in Paris. During the fourth performance, on February 17, the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after.source
  • 1676After the Nipmuc tribe attacks Lancaster, Massachusetts, colonist Mary Rowlandson is taken captive, and lives with the Indians until May.source
  • 1712Huilliche uprising of 1712: Huilliche people in Chile's Chiloé Archipelago rise up against Spanish encomenderos as vengeance for perceived injustices.source
  • 1716the pretender James Francis Edward Stuart flees to France with the Earl of Mar. He dismisses Lord Bolingbroke as his Secretary of State replacing him with Mar.source
  • 1716James Edward Stuart flees from Scotland to France with a handful of supporters, following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715.source
  • 1720Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England.source
  • 1720Edmond Halley is appointed Astronomer Royal by George Isource
  • 1722The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as the Royal Navy brings an end to the piracy of Bartholomew Roberts, nicknamed "Black Bart". Captained by Chaloner Ogle of the Royal Navy, HMS Swallow fires its cannons as Roberts sails his ship Royal Fortune toward the oncoming Swallow in order to gain time by forcing Swallow to turn around. Standing on the deck, Roberts and two of his crew are killed by the second wave of cannon fire. The remaining 272 pirate crew are captured.source
  • 1722Battle of Cape Lopez: Off the coast of West Africa, HMS Swallow (captain, Chaloner Ogle) defeats and kills Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts.source
  • 1746William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath forms the Short-lived Ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham. It lasts a mere two days.source
  • 1752Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, and the first to offer medical treatment to the mentally ill, admits its first patients at a temporary location in Philadelphia.source
  • 1756The massacre of the Guaraní rebels in the Jesuit reduction of Caaibaté takes place in Brazil after their leader, Noicola Neenguiru, defies an ultimatum to surrender by 2:00 in the afternoon. On February 7, Neenguiru's predecessor Sepé Tiaraju has been killed in a brief skirmish. As two o'clock arrives, a combined force of Spanish and Portuguese troops makes an assault on the first of the Seven Towns established as Jesuit missions. Defending their town with cannons made out of bamboo, the Guaraní suffer 1,511 dead, compared to three Spaniards and two Portuguese killed in battle.source
  • 1762The Guard Hussars regiment is founded.source
  • 1763Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war, and France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain.source
  • 1763The Treaty of Paris formally ended the Seven Years' War.source
  • 1794Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, authorized to raise the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (first parades 24 June). This year also the Duke becomes Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.source
  • 1796Magistrate William Balmain challenges Macarthur over the house-wrecking incident.source
  • 1798The Pope is taken captive, and the Papacy is removed from power, by French General Louis-Alexandre Berthier.source
  • 1798The Papacy is removed from power by the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier.source
  • 1807The Survey of the Coast (renamed the United States Coast Survey in 1836 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878) is established; work begins on August 3, 1816.source
  • 1807The United States Coast Survey is established; work begins on August 3, 1816.source
  • 1807Former Governor Philip Gidley King leaves New South Wales.source
  • 1814War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Champaubert: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroys a small Russian corps led by Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev, opening the Six Days' Campaign.source
  • 1815British forces enter Kandy during the Second Kandyan War.source
  • 1816Pembroke Dock's first Royal Navy ships are launched: HMS Ariadne and HMS Valorous.source
  • 1821In Mexico, the Embrace of Acatempan takes place between Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero, which seals the peace between the viceroyalty troops and the insurgents.source
  • 1823The first worldwide carnival parade takes place in Cologne, Prussia.source
  • 1824Simón Bolívar is proclaimed dictator of Peru.source
  • 1825Simón Bolívar gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of El Libertador.source
  • 1825Gideon Mantell names and describes the second known dinosaur Iguanodon.source
  • 1828Treaty of Turkmenchay was signed between Persia and Russia.source
  • 1828Black War: Cape Grim massacre – About 30 Aboriginal Tasmanians gathering food at a beach are probably ambushed, shot with muskets and killed by four indentured "servants" (or convicts) employed as shepherds for the Van Diemen's Land Company as part of a series of reprisal attacks, with the bodies of some of the men thrown from a 60 metre (200 ft) cliff.source
  • 1840Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.source
  • 1841The Act of Union (British North America Act, 1840) is proclaimed in Canada.source
  • 1841Penny Red postage stamp replaces the Penny Black.source
  • 1846First Anglo-Sikh war: Battle of Sobraon – British forces in India defeat the Sikhs.source
  • 1849The Governor, Ministers, MPs and Montreal's council visit St. Hyacinthe, on the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.source
  • 1850February 8–17 – Battle at Fort Utah: The Nauvoo Legion kills Timpanogos hostile to the Mormon settlement at Fort Utah on the orders of Brigham Young.source
  • 1852the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.source
  • 1853Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces assemble at Hanyang, Hankou and Wuchang for the march on Nanjing.source
  • 1863Alanson Crane of Virginia patents a fire extinguisher.source
  • 1870Anaheim, California, is incorporated.source
  • 1871Great Gale in the North Sea: 28 ships wrecked and total fatalities are estimated at over fifty, including six crew of Bridlington life-boat Harbinger.source
  • 1884Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.source
  • 1897Freedom of religion is proclaimed in Madagascar.source
  • 1904Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the Congo.source
  • 1905Belgian Labour Party provides striking miners with 12.5 francs each in strike pay.source
  • 1913February 9–19 — Ten Tragic Dayssource
  • 1913The Governor-General announced the "Taiwan Industrial Combination Rules" and the "Taiwan Industrial Combination Rules Implementation Rules", which came into effect on 1 March.source
  • 1914February 10–14 large-scale demonstrations erupted in Tokyo in response to the Siemens scandal.source
  • 1919The Inter-Allied Women's Conference convenes to compile a list of women's issues to present to the delegates of the Paris Peace Conference.source
  • 1920General Józef Haller first performs Poland's Wedding to the Sea, a symbolic celebration of the restitution of Polish access to the Baltic Sea.source
  • 1922February 10–17 – Modern Art Week in São Paulo marks the start of Modernism in Brazil.source
  • 1930The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.source
  • 1931Official inauguration ceremonies for New Delhi as the capital of India begin.source
  • 1933The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.source
  • 1935Nahariya is founded.source
  • 1936February 10–19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire.source
  • 1938Carol II stages a self-coup, deposes Octavian Goga as Prime Minister and cancels the elections planned for March in an attempt to create a royal authoritarian dictatorship.source
  • 1938Carol II of Romania takes dictatorial powers.source
  • 1940February 2–11 – Scheduled dates for the 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to Sapporo, Japan).source
  • 1943March 3 – Mohandas Gandhi (under arrest by forces of the British Raj in Pune as a member of the Quit India Movement) keeps a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.source
  • 194310 February – 3 March – Mohandas Gandhi maintains a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.source
  • 1944PAYE (pay as you earn) system of tax collection introduced.source
  • 1945February 4–11 – WWII: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference.source
  • 1945WWII: German troopship SS General von Steuben is sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13; 3,608 drown.source
  • 1955The United States Seventh Fleet helps the Republic of China evacuate the Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.source
  • 1957The Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in Khartoum.source
  • 1960Sultan Ismail was crowned as Sultan of Johor.source
  • 1962Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, in Berlin.source
  • 1962Indian National Committee for Space Research set up with Vikram Sarabhai from Physical Research Laboratory leading it.source
  • 1963Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of Kyūshū are merged and become the city of Kitakyūshū, with a population of more than 1 million.source
  • 1964Melbourne–Voyager collision: 82 Australian sailors die when a Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.source
  • 1966Soviet fiction writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writings.source
  • 1967The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (presidential succession and disability) is ratified.source
  • 1968February 6–18 – The 1968 Winter Olympics are held in Grenoble, France.source
  • 1970An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists.source
  • 1971A total lunar eclipse is visible from Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa, and is the 50th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 123.source
  • 1972February 3–13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.source
  • 1975The opening of Chinese Culture and Movie Center in Taipei.source
  • 1981Townsville International Airport opens in Townsvillesource
  • 1983Dismembered sets of human remains are found at a block of flats in Muswell Hill, North London. 37-year-old civil servant Dennis Nilsen, is arrested on suspicion of murder.source
  • 1983Emil Grunzweig (born 1947), Romanian-born Israeli teacher and peace activist, killed by a grenade thrown into a Peace Now demonstration.source
  • 1984Bram Peper the mayor of Rotterdam installs Jan van Dorp as new chief Commissioner of the Rotterdam police corps as successor of Albert Vermeij.source
  • 1984February 8–19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.source
  • 1986The Maxi Trial (Italian: Maxiprocesso) begins in the bunker room of the Ucciardone prison (Palermo). It will be the largest trial against the Sicilian Mafia.source
  • 1993Mani pulite scandal: Italian legislator Claudio Martelli resigns, followed by various politicians over the next two weeks.source
  • 1995The first Antonov An-70 prototype aircraft collided with an Antonov An-72 that was assisting with the An-70 test program over Borodianka Raion, killing all 7 crew members of the An-70.source
  • 1996Bosnian Serbs break off contact with the Bosnian government and with representatives of IFOR, the NATO localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals.source
  • 1997Sandline affair: Australian newspapers publish stories that the government of Papua New Guinea has brought mercenaries onto Bougainville Island.source
  • 1999Former Head of State, Olusegun Obasanjo wins the presidential election.source
  • 2003Mayor Haaksman of the Delfzijl resigns amidst allegations of affairs, crises and scandals in his municipality. Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink is placed as interim mayor shortly here after .source
  • 2004At least 35 die when an Iranian airliner crashes on arrival at Sharjah airport.source
  • 2005North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.source
  • 2006February 10–26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy.source
  • 2006February 10–26 – 5 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.source
  • 2009Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French president to visit Iraq in a surprise stopover during a Persian Gulf tour.source
  • 2010The Australian government is hit by cyberattacks from freedom of expression activists, following recent Australian pornography restrictions.source
  • 2011Manx2 Flight 7100, a Fairchild Metro III, crashes on its third attempt at landing at Cork airport, Ireland from Belfast. Six of the twelve passengers and crew are killed.source
  • 2013A roadside bombing in Yala Province kills 5 soldiers and injures three others.source
  • 2013Severe weather spawns eight tornadoes across southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, including an EF4 tornado which struck the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.source
  • 2016South Korea shuts down the joint Factory Park with North Korea, the Kaesong Industrial Park, over nuclear test and rocket.source
  • 2018Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia.source
  • 2023A Russian missile launched as part of an attack against Ukrainian infrastructure crosses the airspace of Moldova.source
  • 2023February 1 – February 11: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.source
  • 2025A bus falls off a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others.source

Births

  • 1486George of the Palatinate, German nobleman; Bishop of Speyer (1513–1529) (died 1529)source
  • 1499Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist scholar and writer (died 1582)source
  • 1524Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (died 1580)source
  • 1606Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (died 1663)source
  • 1627Cornelis de Bie, Flemish poet, jurist (died 1715)source
  • 1637Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, daughter of Frederick Henry (died 1708)source
  • 1657George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter, English Army general (died 1731)source
  • 1775Charles Lamb, English essayist (died 1834)source
  • 1787William Bradley, Britain's tallest man ever at 7 ft 9 in. (died 1820)source
  • 1807Lajos Batthyány, 1st Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1849)source
  • 1894Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1986)source
  • 1898Bertolt Brecht, German writer (died 1956)source
  • 1917Chen Ta-ju, lyricist.source
  • 1927Leontyne Price, African-American sopranosource
  • 1933Jaime Guardia, singer and charango player.source
  • 1952Lee Hsien Loong, 3rd Prime Minister of Singaporesource
  • 1986Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballersource
  • 1993Mia Khalifa, Lebanese American pornographic actresssource
  • 2007Jade Kops, social media influencer and cancer victim (died 2026)source

Deaths

  • 547Scholastica, Christian nunsource
  • 720Caliph Umar II is poisoned by a servant, and dies in Aleppo (Syria) after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin Yazid II.source
  • 741February 10 or 11 - Lady Six Sky, Maya queen of Naranjosource
  • 840Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Chinese ruler (born 809)source
  • 840Chinese Tang dynasty Emperor Wenzong (Li Ang) dies after a 13-year reign. Through the intervention of his powerful palace eunuchs, he is succeeded by his brother Wuzong.source
  • 1050Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (born 1001)source
  • 1056Æthelstan, English bishop of Herefordsource
  • 1121Domnall Ua Lochlainn, Irish king (born 1048)source
  • 1126William IX of Aquitaine (born 1070s)source
  • 1127William IX ("the Troubador"), duke of Aquitaine (born 1071)source
  • 1153Taira no Tadamori dies after a career in which he has used his military and diplomatic skills to subdue the pirates menacing commerce in the Seto Inland Sea. He expands trade with China and becomes the first samurai to serve Emperor Konoe as personal bodyguard. He is succeeded by his son Taira no Kiyomori, who assumes control of the Taira Clan. He establishes the first samurai-dominated government in Japan.source
  • 1163King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born 1130)source
  • 1173Muiredach Ua Cobthaig, Irish bishopsource
  • 1242The 10-year-old Emperor Shijō of Japan dies suddenly; despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, Go-Saga (son of former Emperor Tsuchimikado) ascends to the throne.source
  • 1242Verdiana, Italian noblewoman and saint (born 1182)source
  • 1242Shijō (or Mitsuhito), emperor of Japan (born 1231)source
  • 1280Countess Margaret II of Flanders (born 1202)source
  • 1306John Comyn the Red, Scottish nobleman (born 1274)source
  • 1306John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nobleman and Guardian of Scotlandsource
  • 1307Temür Khan (or Chengzong), Mongol emperorsource
  • 1307Temür Khan (or Chengzong), the sixth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (as well as the Emperor Chengzong of Yuan-dynasty China) dies at the age of 41 after a reign of 12 years. He is succeeded by his nephew, Külüg Khan.source
  • 1346Blessed Clare of Rimini (born 1282)source
  • 1452Švitrigaila, Grand Prince of Lithuaniasource
  • 1452Michał Bolesław Zygmuntowicz (Michael Žygimantaitis), Prince of Black Rutheniasource
  • 1471Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1413)source
  • 1479Catherine of Cleves, duchess consort regent of Guelders (born 1417)source
  • 1567Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered at the Provost's House in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh.source
  • 1567Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1545)source
  • 1567Henry Stuart, Lord Darnleysource
  • 1598Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (born 1573)source
  • 1626Battle of Ningyuan: In Xingcheng in China, after an 8-day battle, Ming dynasty commander Yuan Chonghuan defeats the much larger force of Manchu leader Nurhaci, who dies soon after and is succeeded by Huang Taiji.source
  • 1660Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (born 1609)source
  • 1686William Dugdale, English antiquarian (born 1605)source
  • 1722Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (born 1682)source
  • 1727Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (born 1651)source
  • 1731George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter, British Army general (born 1657)source
  • 1752Henriette of France, daughter of King Louis XV (born 1727)source
  • 1755Montesquieu, French writer (born 1689)source
  • 1816Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, dies and is succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm, his son and founder of the House of Glücksburg.source
  • 1829Pope Leo XII (born 1760)source
  • 1837Alexander Pushkin, Russian author, wound received in duel (born 1799)source
  • 1854José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (born 1792)source
  • 1857David Thompson, British-Canadian explorer (born 1770)source
  • 1868Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (born 1781)source
  • 1912Joseph Lister, English surgeon (born 1827)source
  • 1918Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire (born 1842)source
  • 1932Edgar Wallace, British novelist and screenwriter (born 1875)source
  • 1956Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, British marshal of the Royal Air Force (born 1873)source
  • 1960Aloysius Stepinac, Yugoslav Roman Catholic prelate (born 1898)source
  • 1971Larry Burrows, British photojournalist (born 1926)source
  • 1990Las Cruces bowling alley massacre: 2 people walk into the 10 Pin Alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico (known at this time as the Las Cruces Bowl) and shoot seven people, four of whom are killed. The case is never solved.source
  • 2006February 7–11 people were killed when unidentified assailants attacked a village in the volatile western region of Côte d'Ivoire, 20 km from the town of Guiglo which has seen a series of deadly ethnically motivated clashes in 2005 and violent anti-UN protests in January 2006.source