1260
First Battle of Homs
Battle · Middle East
On this day
10 December
317 events in the atlas are dated to 10 December, from 1185 to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 317 events
- 1185 – 2025
The best known
From every age and part of the world1792
Trial of Louis XVI
Political · Europe
1825
Cisplatine War
War · South America · 1825 – 1828
1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Treaty · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
2012
Central African Republic Civil War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2012 – 2013
2023
2024 Egyptian presidential election
Election · North Africa
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 3 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 25 events- 1792Trial of Louis XVIPolitical · Europe
- 1710Battle of VillaviciosaBattle · Europe
- 1652Battle of DungenessBattle · Europe
- 1732Nader's Mesopotamian CampaignWar · Middle East · 1732 – 1733
- 15421542 Siracusa earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1505Founding of PietreleFounding · Europe
- 1780Founding of Valle de ZaragozaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1516Founding of SarafineștiFounding · Europe
- 1505Founding of ComanaFounding · Europe
- 1640Battle of Coll de BalaguerBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 29 events- 1898Treaty of Paris (1898)Treaty · Europe
- 1825Cisplatine WarWar · South America · 1825 – 1828
- 18481848 French presidential electionElection · Europe
- 1898Founding of CubaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1817Founding of MississippiFounding · North America
- 1899Battle of StormbergBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1823Founding of DecaturFounding · North America
- 1835Founding of North SalemFounding · North America
- 1867Ōmiya incidentPolitical · East Asia
- 1847Construction of CarltheaterConstruction · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 158 events- 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaTreaty · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1991Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendumElection · Middle East
- 1941Sinking of Prince of Wales and RepulseBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1979Kaohsiung IncidentProtest · East Asia
- 1968300 million yen robberyCrime · East Asia
- 1969Viale Lazio massacreAttack · Europe
- 1973India–North Korea relationsEvent · South Asia · 1973 – 2025
- 1918Surafend affairAttack · Middle East
- 1940Battle of Sidi BarraniBattle · North Africa
- 1915Bulgarian occupation of AlbaniaEvent · 1915 – 1917
The 21st century
since 2001 · 102 events- 2012Central African Republic Civil WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2012 – 2013
- 20232024 Egyptian presidential electionElection · North Africa
- 2020Baku Victory Parade of 2020Event · Middle East
- 2005Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145Accident · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2017Trams in Luxembourg-CityEvent · Europe
- 2016Battle of al-BabBattle · Middle East · 2016 – 2017
- 2025United States oil blockade during Operation Southern SpearNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in AntarcticaEpidemic
- 20232023 Hong Kong local electionsElection · East Asia
- 2024Kebkabiya market airstrikeEvent · North Africa
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.