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On This Day · The 41st day of the year

February 10

From 1502 to 2016, February 10 gathers 514 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♒ZodiacAquarius ◈BirthstoneAmethyst ❀Birth flowerViolet

Aquarius is the sign for February 10 — read more on the Aquarius page, or see February's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on February 10?

February 10 is the 41st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1502 and 2016. Famous people born on February 10 include Justin Gatlin, Vince Gilligan and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Released on February 10

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Mewgenics
  • Game Relooted
  • Game Crisol: Theater of Idols

2025

  • Game Door Kickers 2

2023

  • Game Hogwarts Legacy

2022

  • Game Rise of the Third Power

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1502

    Vasco da Gama

  2. 1862

    American Civil War

  3. 1920

    Denmark

  4. 1930

    Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng

  5. 1936

    Second Italo-Ethiopian War

  6. 1939

    Spanish Civil War

  7. 1943

    World War II

  8. 1962

    Cold War

  9. 2003

    NATO

  10. 2016

    South Korea

Famous birthday twins

Born on February 10

Justin Gatlin

b. 1982

Vince Gilligan

b. 1967

Chloë Grace Moretz

b. 1997

Edith Clarke

b. 1883

Stella Adler

b. 1901

Bertolt Brecht

b. 1898

Boris Pasternak

b. 1890

Ira Remsen

b. 1846

Deaths

  • 1923Wilhelm Röntgen
  • 1918Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
  • 1837Alexander Pushkin
  • 1755Montesquieu
  • 1307Temür Khan
  • 1127William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

Holidays & observances

  • —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)
  • —Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
  • —Fenkil Day(commemoration of the Second Battle of Massawa) (Eritrea)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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