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Today's featured article for February 10, 2025

The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 when a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother, the Mongol khan Möngke, to conquer Persia. He expected Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, to reinforce his army, but this did not happen. Provoked by al-Musta'sim's arrogance, Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army routed a sortie by flooding their camp, and besieged the city. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls, al-Musta'sim surrendered on 10 February, and was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged the city for a week. The number of deaths was inflated by epidemics of disease, but Hulegu estimated his soldiers killed 200,000. The siege, often seen as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, was in reality not era-defining: Baghdad later prospered under Hulegu's Ilkhanate. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for February 10, 2025

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The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, is a species of goat that lives in the Alps of Europe. Its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. They have brownish-grey coats and sharp hooves adapted to steep, rough terrain. Found at elevations as high as 3,300 metres (10,800 ft), they are active throughout the year, primarily feeding on grass in open alpine meadows. Adult males, which are larger than the females, segregate from them for most of the year, coming together only during the breeding season, when they fight for access to the females using their long horns. The Alpine ibex has been successfully reintroduced to parts of its historical range, but all individuals living today descend from a population bottleneck of fewer than 100 individuals from Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. The species has few predators and is not threatened, but it has very low genetic diversity. These Alpine ibex were photographed at Creux du Van in Switzerland.

Photograph credit: Giles Laurent

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We have two iffy items:

When was Baghdad sacked ? – Abbasid shows February 28, 1258, instead of February 10, as the date of the Sack of Baghdad.
When was Kasparov first beaten by Deep Blue ? – Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 shows February 2, 1996 as the date, but it says February 10 on Deep Blue.

Can someone confirm these two dates, please ? Thanks. -- PFHLai 09:39, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)

Thanks to Camembert and OneGuy, the dates are now 'confirmed'. Please see Talk:Abbasid and Talk:Deep Blue. -- PFHLai 18:48, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)

2012 notes

New observances: Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck in Malta
Omitted: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (ineligible—maintenance), Albert, Prince Consort, Yen Bai mutiny, Melbourne–Voyager collision
Included: Battle of Elizabeth City (first appearance), HMS Dreadnought (1906) (first appearance), Battle of Amba Aradam (first appearance)
Repeats: Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total), 2008 Namdaemun fire (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Battle of Elizabeth City; HMS Dreadnought (1906); Battle of Amba Aradam; Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher
Included: Siege of Baghdad (1258) (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (5th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Yen Bai mutiny (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Catalonia Offensive (first appearance)
Repeats: 2008 Namdaemun fire (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:38, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Yen Bai mutiny; Catalonia Offensive; 2008 Namdaemun fire
Included: Treaty of Paris (1763) (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Albert, Prince Consort (7th appearance, last in 2011); Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (7th appearance, last in 2012); Melbourne–Voyager collision (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: Siege of Baghdad (1258) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Treaty of Paris (1763); Albert, Prince Consort; Rudolf Abel; Melbourne–Voyager collision
Included: Battle of Elizabeth City (2nd appearance, last in 2012); HMS Dreadnought (1906) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Look Mickey (first appearance); 2008 Namdaemun fire (4th appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Siege of Baghdad (1258) (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:54, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Siege of Baghdad (1258); Battle of Elizabeth City; HMS Dreadnought (1906); Look Mickey; 2008 Namdaemun fire
Included: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (6th appearance, last in 2013); Treaty of Paris (1763) (4th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Amba Aradam (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Rudolf Abel (8th appearance, last in 2014); 2009 satellite collision (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 00:35, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: Public holidays in Malta (ineligible—maintenance); Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Treaty of Paris (1763); Battle of Amba Aradam; Rudolf Abel/Francis Gary Powers (Powers: rescued from Ineligible);
Included: Albert, Prince Consort (8th appearance, last in 2014); HMS Dreadnought (1906) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Catalonia Offensive (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Melbourne–Voyager collision (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: 2009 satellite collision (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:42, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Siege of Baghdad (1258) (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Joseph Lister; Joan Curran
Omitted: Albert, Prince Consort; HMS Dreadnought (1906); Catalonia Offensive; Melbourne–Voyager collision; 2009 satellite collision
Included: St Scholastica Day riot (first appearance); Battle of Champaubert (first appearance); Yên Bái mutiny (4th appearance, last in 2013); Wagalla massacre (first appearance); Ary Scheffer (first appearance); Harold Macmillan (first appearance); Pope Pius XI (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:48, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (ineligible): Inter-Allied Women's Conference (appearing on DYK)
Omitted: Battle of Champaubert; Yên Bái mutiny; Wagalla massacre; 2008 Namdaemun fire; Ary Scheffer; Harold Macmillan
Included: Treaty of Paris (1763) (5th appearance, last in 2016); Catalonia Offensive (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Look Mickey (2nd appearance, last in 2015); 2009 satellite collision (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Royal Cortissoz (first appearance); Joseph Lister (first appearance)
Repeats: St Scholastica Day riot (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Pope Pius XI (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:09, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Inter-Allied Women's Conference
Omitted: St Scholastica Day riot; Treaty of Paris (1763); Catalonia Offensive; Look Mickey; 2009 satellite collision; Royal Cortissoz; Joseph Lister; Pope Pius XI
Included: Huilliche uprising of 1712 (first appearance); Albert, Prince Consort (9th appearance, last in 2017); Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng/Yên Bái mutiny (VNQDD: 4th appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on December 25; Mutiny: 5th appearance, last in 2018; 90th anniversary); Puss Gets the Boot (first appearance); Rudolf Abel/Francis Gary Powers (Abel: 9th appearance, last in 2016; Powers: 5th appearance, last in 2008); Robert Garran (first appearance); Edith Clarke (first appearance); Joan Curran (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:55, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Wagalla massacre (maintenance)
Omitted: Huilliche uprising of 1712; Albert, Prince Consort; Yên Bái mutiny; Puss Gets the Boot; Rudolf Abel/Francis Gary Powers; Robert Garran; Edith Clarke; Joan Curran
Included: St Scholastica Day riot (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Champaubert (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Inter-Allied Women's Conference (first appearance); Melbourne–Voyager collision (4th appearance, last in 2017); 2008 Namdaemun fire (6th appearance, last in 2018); Clare of Rimini (first appearance); Ira Remsen (first appearance); Trevor Bailey (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (unused): Kaesong Industrial Region
Omitted: St Scholastica Day riot; Battle of Champaubert; Inter-Allied Women's Conference; Melbourne–Voyager collision; 2008 Namdaemun fire; Clare of Rimini; Ira Remsen; Trevor Bailey
Included: Scholastica (first appearance); Huilliche uprising of 1712 (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Treaty of Paris (1763) (6th appearance, last in 2019); HMS Dreadnought (1906) (4th appearance, last in 2017); Look Mickey (3rd appearance, last in 2019; 60th anniversary); Robert Garran (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Árpád Göncz (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Lilly King (first appearance; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:36, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]