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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a></b>: Feast day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastica" title="Scholastica">Saint Scholastica</a></b> (Christianity); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Memorial_Day_of_the_Exiles_and_Foibe" title="National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe">National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe</a></b> in Italy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huilliche_people" title="Huilliche people">Huilliche</a> in Chile's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilo%C3%A9_Archipelago" title="Chiloé Archipelago">Chiloé Archipelago</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huilliche_uprising_of_1712" title="Huilliche uprising of 1712">rose up</a></b> against Spanish <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encomienda" title="Encomienda">encomenderos</a></i> in revenge for perceived injustices.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1763" title="1763">1763</a> – To end the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>, Britain, France and Spain signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763)" title="Treaty of Paris (1763)">Treaty of Paris</a></b>, which significantly reduced the size of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French colonial empire</a> and marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside of Europe.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> battleship <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)" title="HMS Dreadnought (1906)">HMS <i>Dreadnought</i></a></b> was launched, representing such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought" title="Dreadnought">entire generation</a> of battleships.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962" title="1962">1962</a> – The first solo exhibition by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a> opened, including the painting <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Mickey" title="Look Mickey">Look Mickey</a></b></i>, which featured his first use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Day_process" title="Ben Day process">Ben Day dots</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_balloon" title="Speech balloon">speech balloons</a>, and comic imagery sourcing.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garran" title="Robert Garran">Robert Garran</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1867); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_G%C3%B6ncz" title="Árpád Göncz">Árpád Göncz</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1922); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1997)</p>
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