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In 1763, French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
February 10 in History
1763 — French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain
February 10 spans 41 recorded events across recorded history, from 1258 to 2026. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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More major events on February 10
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 1989 Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. Source
- 1947 The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II. Source
- 1846 First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. Source
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The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies, which were called "Indians" at the time. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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Historians generally consider it part of the global Seven Years' War, which lasted from 1756 to 1763, although in the United States it is often viewed as a distinct conflict unassociated with any larger European war. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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In 1763, French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain 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 1763, French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain 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.
1258
The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire.
Mongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate (1258)
1306
In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1355
The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
1355 riot in Oxford, England
1392
Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos marries Helena Dragaš, daughter of the Serbian Prince Constantine Dragaš.
She is crowned as empress the following day.
1502
Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
1567
Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
King consort of Scotland from 1565 to 1567
1712
Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
Indigenous anti-Spanish uprising in Chile
1814
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
1840
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
1846
First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
1845–1846 conflict between the British and Sikh empires
1861
Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
1862
American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
1906
HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened.
British battleship (1906–1919)
1920
Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs the symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
General of the Polish Army (1873–1960)
1920
About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
Country in northern Europe
1923
Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
Public university in Lubbock, Texas, US
1930
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam.
Vietnamese nationalist and democratic socialist political party (1927–1975)
1933
In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf.
Schaaf dies four days later.
1936
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
1935–1936 war between Italy and Ethiopia
1939
Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
1936–1939 civil war in Spain
1940
The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
1943
World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1947
The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
Treaties signed in Paris on 10 February 1947
1954
U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
1962
Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
1964
Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
1964 collision between two Royal Australian Navy warships in Jervis Bay, Australia
1967
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1967 amendment enumerating presidential succession
1972
Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
Capital city of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
1984
Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
Military unit
1989
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
American politician (1941–1996)
1996
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
American multinational technology company
2003
France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
Intergovernmental military alliance
2004
Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport.
Regional airliner by Fokker
2009
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Artificial satellite that relays radio signals
2013
Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
Deadly human stampede in Uttar Pradesh, India
2016
South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
Country in East Asia
2018
Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
Bus operator in Hong Kong
2021
The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts.
Mass power outages triggered by snow and ice storms
2026
Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured.
Mass shooting in British Columbia, Canada