December 10 in History

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role

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S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.

December 10 spans 53 recorded events across recorded history, from 1317 to 2021. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Historical Events 53 events 1317 – 2021

More major events on December 10

The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.

  1. 1989 Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union. Source
  2. 1898 Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines. Source
  3. 1999 Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election. Source

Did you know

In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

Did you know

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

Did you know

In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.

Did you know

In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.

Did you know

In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.

1317 Nyköping_Banquet
The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
1317 Christmas celebration in Sweden
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1508 War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai
The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
Fourth & Fifth phase of the Italian Wars (1508–1516)
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1520 Martin_Luther
Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)
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1541
Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
English courtier
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1652 Battle_of_Dungeness
Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
First Anglo-Dutch War naval battle
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1665 Netherlands_Marine_Corps
The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter.
Royal Dutch Navy component
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1684 Isaac_Newton
Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
English polymath (1642–1727)
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1768
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
General-knowledge encyclopaedia
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1799 Unit_of_length
France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
Reference value of length
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1817 Mississippi
Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S.
state.
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1861 American_Civil_War
American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
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1861 Nguyễn_Trung_Trực
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
Vietnamese militia organizer (1838–1868)
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1864 Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
1864 military campaign of the American Civil War
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1877 Russo-Turkish_War_(1877–1878)
Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege.
The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
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1896 Alfred_Jarry
Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris.
A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
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1898 Spanish–American_War
Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines.
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1901 Nobel_Prize
The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Prizes established by Alfred Nobel in 1895
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1902 Aswan_Low_Dam
The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Dam in Egypt
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1907 Brown_Dog_affair
The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.
British political controversy, 1903–1910
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1909 Selma_Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Swedish author (1858–1940)
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1932 Thailand
Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Country in Southeast Asia
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1936 Abdication_of_Edward_VIII
Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
1936 constitutional crisis in Britain
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1941 World_War_II
World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
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1941 Philippines_campaign_(1941–1942)
World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
Invasion of the Philippines by Japan during World War II
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1942 Polish_government-in-exile
World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
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1948
The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
Defunct functional commission of the United Nations
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1949 Chinese_Civil_War
Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
1927–1949 civil war in China
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1953 United_Kingdom
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Country in northwestern Europe
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1963 Zanzibar
Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
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1963
An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
1963 terrorist incident in Aden
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1968
Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
1968 bank robbery in Japan
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1978 Arab–Israeli_conflict
Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Geopolitical conflict in the Middle East
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1979 Kaohsiung_Incident
Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
1979 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan
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1983
Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
Government system where political power lies with the people
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1984 United_Nations_General_Assembly
United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
Intergovernmental organization organ
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1989 Mongolian_Revolution_of_1990
Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
Peaceful protests for democracy in Mongolia
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1991 1991_Nagorno-Karabakh_independence_referendum
The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.
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1991 Nursultan_Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.
President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019
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1991 Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Soviet republic from 1936 to 1991
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1992 Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.
President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004
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1993 Monkwearmouth_Colliery
The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland.
The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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1994 Rwandan_genocide
Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N.
Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
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1995 Israeli_Ground_Forces
The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
Land service branch of the Israel Defense Forces
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1996 Constitution_of_South_Africa
The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
Supreme law of South Africa
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1999 Helen_Clark
Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
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2005 Sosoliso_Airlines_Flight_1145
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
2005 aviation accident
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2014 Ziad_Abu_Ein
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
Palestinian politician (1959–2014)
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2015 Rojava_Revolution
Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
Military and political conflict in northern Syria
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2016 2016_Beşiktaş_bombing
Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
Terrorist attack
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2017 Islamic_State
ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
Salafi jihadist militant organisation
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2019 Ostrava_hospital_shooting
The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
2019 mass shooting in the Czech Republic
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2021 Tornado_outbreak_of_December_10–11,_2021
A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States.
Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.
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