The Mongols under Hulagu Khan capture and sack Baghdad on February 10, 1258 after a two week siege; bringing an end to the 500-year-old Abbasid Caliphate and the Islamic Golden Age.
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The Mongols under Hulagu Khan capture and sack Baghdad, on February 10, 1258, after a 13-day siege effectively ending the 500-year Abbasid Caliphate.
The city was sacked, Caliph al-Musta'sim was excecuted. and the population decimated with estimates of 200,000 to over a million killed; ending the Islamic Golden Age based in Baghdad and causing long-lasting economic and agricultural damage in Mesopotamia.
Robert the Bruce stabbed and killed his chief rival, John "the Red" Comyn, on February 10, 1306, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, leading to Bruce's coronation weeks later. The murder also resulted in Bruce’s excommunication by the Pope and turned the Scottish Wars of Independence into a civil war.
The St. Scholastica Day riot takes place in Oxford, England on February 10, 1355 resulting in significant violence between town and university students.
It escalated from a dispute over poor-quality wine at the Swindlestock Tavern into a three-day battle between townspeople and university students., resulting in significant casualties, with estimates of 63 scholars and 30 townsfolk killed.
The town won the conflict but faced severe penalties from the University, including an annual fine paid by the mayor. The animosity between the town and gown lasted for centuries, but in 1955, the two sides reconciled. More
The Treaty of Paris is signed on February 10, 1763, formally ending the Seven Years' War (and the French and Indian War) between Great Britain, France, and Spain and transferring Canada from France to Britain.
The Battle of Sobraon, the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War was fought on February 10, 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab, where the Sikhs were completely defeated.
The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin, Italy. on February 10, 2006, lasting until February 26.