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This page is for year 2010 of the Gregorian calendar . For the book of science fiction, see 2010, Odyssey Two , and the episode of television series see 2010 (Stargate).

Years:
2007 2008 two thousand and nine 2010 2011 2 012 in 2013

Decades:
One thousand nine hundred eighty 1 990 2 000 2010 2020 two thousand and thirty 2.04 thousand
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The year 2010 is written in MMX Roman numerals and "two thousand and ten" in full.

It was declared International Year of Rapprochement of Cultures (resolution of the UN General Assembly dated 17 December 2007 ) ^{Other Calendars}

In 2010 the Gregorian calendar corresponds to the following years:

Berber calendar : 2960
Masonic Calendar : 6010
Hebrew calendar : 5,770 / five thousand seven hundred and seventy-one ⁽¹Tishri 5771 took place September 9, 2010)
Muslim calendar : 1431 / 1432 ⁽¹ Muharram 1432 was held December 8, 2010)
Hindu calendar : 5112 (to April 2010)
Persian calendar : 1388 / 1389 ⁽¹ Farvardin 1389 was held March 21, 2010)
Calendar Sayana : 1931 / 1932 ⁽¹ Chaitra 1932 held March 22, 2010)
Julian Days : 2455197 to 2455561
Chinese New Year : February 14 , the beginning of the tiger.
Republican Calendar : 218 / 219

Annual Events

2010 is declared World Year of biodiversity by the United Nations.
2010 is also the year Chopin celebrating the bicentenary of his birth.
2010 is the deadline by which the Europe is committed to halting the erosion of biodiversity.
2010 is declared the European Year of fight against poverty
Declared the year 2010 is France-Russia
Influenza A (H1N1) in 2009-2010
2010 is the date of the centenary of Menard in Canada. ^{Deaths in 2010}
Deaths in 2010 : - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December -
January
Main article: January 2010 , January 2010 in France , in January 2010 in sports and Deaths in January 2010.
- January ¹ :
  - European Union : the Spanish took the rotating presidency of the European Union and the successor to the Swedish.
  - European Union : the first permanent European Council President , Herman Van Rompuy , takes office.
- January 4 :
  - Dubai : the inauguration of skyscraper Burj , which sets a new record high.
- January 7 :
  - Argentina : President Cristina Kirchner fired by an emergency decree the president of the Central Bank, Martn Redrado , causing an institutional crisis.
- January 8 :
  - Cabinda : strafing the bus from the Togo soccer team going to the African Cup of Nations 2010. The assistant coach and the press were killed and nine people, including two players are injured. The attack is claimed by an armed movement fighting for independence for the enclave.
- January 10 :
  - France : Referendum on independence of Guyana and Martinique. Victory of the "no". These referendums were decided during the general strike of the West Indies in 2009.
- From 10 to 31 January :
  - Africa : Africa Cup of Nations Cup 2010
- January 12 :
  - Haiti : An earthquake of magnitude 1.7 hit the island, followed by a second shock on 20 January causing the death of 220,000 people (estimates).
- January 15 :
  - Turkey : official opening festivities in Istanbul, the cultural capital of Europe.
  - Longest annular eclipse of the millennium. The next eclipse is also planned for the long ... 23 December 3043.
- January 17 :
  - Chile : candidate of the right , Sebastin Piera , won the second round of the presidential election against Eduardo Frei ( Consultation , left).
- January 19 :
  - United States : the Democratic Party lost the majority of 60 seats in the Senate , with the election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts , the successor to the late Ted Kennedy , one of the main supporters of reforming the social security system.
- January 25 :
  - Venezuela : resignation of Vice-President Ramon Carrizales.
- January 27 :
  - United States : his State of the Union 's President Barack Obama , who announced a desire for financial reform following the 2008 financial crisis.
  - Belgium : A powerful gas explosion destroyed a building at number 18 rue Leopold in Liege, killing 14 people, twenty wounded and material damage.
  - USA - Switzerland : Switzerland announced it will suspend the cooperation agreement in August 2009 to lift the secrecy of U.S. citizens accused of tax evasion.
  - Davos : French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened the World Economic Forum , also stating a desire for financial reform.
  - Germany : a cancer patient, Oskar Lafontaine resigned from the leadership of Die Linke (Left) and the Bundestag.
  - USA : Apple announces their digital tablet called iPad , which is a mixture between the Macintosh and the iPhone.
  - Honduras : Pepe Lobo was inaugurated president of Honduras. The election of November 2009 is not recognized by the European Union and the Mercosur
  - Sri Lanka : election of outgoing President Mahinda Rajapakse , who beat the former army chief Sarath Fonseka.
- January 28 :
  - France : Dominique de Villepin is acquitted at trial in the Clearstream affair.
  - Afghanistan : Conference in London on the future of the country in war since 2001 , attended by President Hamid Karzai and nearly 70 countries.
  - Italy : The Berlusconi government announcement in Reggio di Calabria , a "special plan to fight" against the Mafia , which includes the codification of anti-mafia and the establishment of a "blacklist" of companies linked to crime organized.
- January 31 :
  - Royal Rumble 2010
February
Main article: February 2010.
- February 7 :
  - Ukraine ^: 2nd round of the presidential election , opposing Yanukovych for Tymoshenko.
- February 11 :
  - Caribbean : The Soufriere of Montserrat explodes, 20% of the dome was destroyed.
- February 12 :
  - Cte d'Ivoire : Dissolution of the Independent Electoral Commission and Government of Guillaume Soro by Laurent Gbagbo
- From 12 to 28 February :
  - Olympic Winter Games of 2010 in Vancouver
- February 14 :
  - Spain : The ^33rd America's Cup is won by BMW Oracle Racing against Alinghi by 2 sets to 0. The Auld Mug back then to the United States since she passed away in 1995.
- February 15 :
  - Belgium : Two passenger trains collide at Hal , a suburb of Brussels. The accident caused the deaths of 18 people.
- February 18 :
  - Niger : Coup Djibo ousting President Mamadou Tandja.
- February 27 :
  - Chile : An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale hit the country hard. The regions of Concepcion and the capital Santiago - where the quake was felt almost a minute and a half - are particularly affected. The shock wave causes a tsunami that crossed the Pacific to Kamchatka.
  - The Xynthia storm descends on several countries in Western Europe in the night from Saturday to Sunday (Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and Sweden). With 53 dead, France appears to be the most affected country. In a speech, Prime Minister Francois Fillon speaks of "national disaster".
March

Six F-16 of the Pakistan Air Force.
Main article: March 2010.
- March ¹ :
  - Uruguay : Investiture of the presidency of Jos Mujica ( Broad Front , left).
- March 4
  - Cte d'Ivoire : Complete training of Government Soro II
- March 14
  - France : First round of regional elections.
- March 21 :
  - France : Second round of regional elections.
- March 23 :
  - Pakistan : the Pakistani army launched its offensive in the agencies of Kurram and Orakzai , border region of Afghanistan , against armed Islamists who control the area for two years.
April
Main article: April 2010.
- April ¹
  - The India enacted a law to make the compulsory schooling and free for all.
- April 3
  - in Dakar , the largest statue in the world, the Monument of the African Renaissance , is unveiled for the anniversary of the independence of Senegal.
- April 4
  - Bolivia: regional elections: the DSS office, the party of Evo Morales (left), won 6 of 9 regions (the fact that 3 had previously).
- April 5
  - Flooding in Brazil at Rio de Janeiro 256 deaths and R 23.76 million in damage.
- April 6
  - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Sumatra (22:15 local time). Its epicenter is located near the Banyak Islands.
- April 7
  - In Kyrgyzstan , following the imprisonment of opposition members, a popular uprising took place in the streets of Bishkek. The opposition stormed government buildings and after heavy fighting, sets up a transitional government. President Bakiev accused of authoritarian tendencies, takes refuge in the south of the country but refused to resign.
- April 10
  - Plane crash in which the dead are the Polish president Lech Kaczynski , his wife and several cabinet members. Eminent personalities like Ryszard Kaczorowski (former President of the Republic of Poland in exile ) and Anna Walentynowicz also perished in the accident. A one-week national mourning was declared in Poland, where thousands of people spend most of the day and night outside the presidential palace.
- April 11
  - Paris-Roubaix victory by Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara.
- April 14
  - A powerful earthquake in China in the isolated province of Qinghai. The initial assessment was reported approximately 1,100 dead and thousands injured . The death toll rose on April 19 with over 1900 dead, 200 missing, 12,000 injured and about 100,000 homeless .
- April 15
  - Closure of all airports in northern Europe following the eruption of Eyjafjll in Iceland.
- April 17
  - Suicide attack in Kohat ( Pakistan ) 58 killed & 86 wounded.
- April 20
  - Explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform at 1,500 m depth.
- April 22
  - 22 April 2010 to April 25, 2010 on multiple tornadoes batter Midwest & South of U.S. level EF4 see the damage to Yazoo City.
  - Belgium : The Prime Minister Yves Leterme 's resignation moved his government to the King of the Belgians , Albert II.
- April 23
  - A series of bombings struck the city of Baghdad in Iraq. Claimed by the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda, they cause the death of 85 people and injured nearly 145 others.
- April 24
  - Hubble celebrates 20 years.
- April 25
  - Presidential elections in Austria.
May
Main article: May 2010.
- May ¹ :
  - Labor Day.
  - China : opening of the Shanghai World Expo
  - Attempt to attack New York.
- May 4 :
  - Heavy sea on the Cote d'Azur.
- May 6 :
  - Elections in the United Kingdom. Victoire Conservatives led by David Cameron but without a majority in the House of Commons.
- May 10 :
  - In Iraq, more attacks are 119 deaths.
- May 11 :
  - David Cameron was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , succeeding Gordon Brown.
- May 12 :
  - Opening of the Centre Pompidou-Metz
  - In Tripoli in Libya , the crash of a href = "Vol_771_Afriqiyah_Airways" alt = "Flight 771 Afriqiyah Airways"> Afriqiyah Airways flight 771 103 deaths and 1 survivor.
- May 12 to May 23 :
  - 63 ^thFestival de Cannes.
- May 13 :
  - 500 000 people gathered at Fatima for the Mass of Benedict XVI.
- May 16 :
  - Reiss is back in France after his release by the Iranian authorities
    ^June
    Main article: June 2010.
    - June :
      The re-entry capsule of the spacecraft Japanese Hayabusa landed in Australia after a journey of 7 years.
    - June 11 :
      FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July.
    - June 15 :
      Heavy rain falling on part of the Var department , killing 25 people and a dozen missing. The flooding of several rivers ( Nartuby , Argens ) causes severe flooding in the towns of Draguignan , of Luke , of Hyres , the Muy , of Frjus and Roquebrune-sur-Argens , where many damage are identified.
    - June 17 :
      France : Competition starts national Baccalaureate 2010 session.
    - June 22 - June 24 :
      Wimbledon : Match -Isner Mahut fascinates the world by achieving record-breaking time. John Isner (USA) emerged victorious after three days of fighting.
    - June 25 :
      ^36th G8 Summit in Huntsville (Ontario) , Canada.
    July
    Main article: July 2010.
    - July 1 :
      The Belgian took the rotating presidency of the European Union and the successor to Spain.
    - July 2 :
      Sange catastrophe in Congo - Kinshasa.
    - July 3 :
      Inauguration at Berga the first street free software world.
    - July 10 :
      The spacecraft European Rosetta flies over the asteroid (21) Lutetia.
    - July 11 :
      Eclipse total solar visible from South America.
      The Spain won the 19th World Cup football in South Africa.
    - 3 to July 25 :
      97th edition of Tour de France won by Alberto Contador (ESP)
    - July 25
      Wikileaks reveals over 90 000 reports on internal U.S. government involvement in the war in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010.
    August
    Main article: August 2010.
    - The Russian knows the worst heatwaves in history with record temperatures exceeding overwhelmingly 30 C (a record of 38.2 C at Moscow on July 29 and 37.1 C on 7 August Saint-Petersburg ). Many fires are formed and devastate the forests around Moscow with a population drain will dramatically because of dense smoke. The drought causes the loss of 10% of Russian agricultural crops.
    - Disastrous floods in Pakistan , in case the flood outstanding of the Indus across the country and killing thousands of people.
    - August 5 :
    Two landslides in a mine of gold and copper in Chile caused the accidental walling of 33 miners 700 meters deep. While awaiting rescue, planned for November, miners communicate through two small ducts to the outside world .
    - August 7 :
    More than 1117 people died in landslides of Gansu in the northwest of China.
    - August 23 :
    Philippines : The world is live the tragic outcome of a hostage on a bus in the heart of Manila. 7 HK tourists were killed and the hostage taker Rolando Mendoza.
    September
    Main article: September 2010.
    - September ¹
      End of the war in Iraq after a conflict than 7 years.
    - September 5
      Cease-fire announced by ETA.
    - August 28 to September 19 :
      Tour of Spain won by Vincenzo Nibali (ITA).
    - September 29 :
      Discovery of Gliese 581 g , exoplanet most likely to harbor life forms.
    - September 30 :
      An attempted coup in Ecuador is repressed by the government of Rafael Correa.
    October
    Main article: October 2010.
    - France suffered from strikes against pension reform. Transit and rail are disrupted, some schools and some refineries blocked. Many events are held throughout France on 2, 12, 16, 19 October. This movement had begun in September 2010.
    - October 3 :
      First round of presidential and legislative elections in Brazil.
    - October 6 :
      " Red Tide "in Hungary : The breakdown of a chemical tank of a bauxite-aluminum plant in the town of Ajka led to the biggest environmental catastrophe in the country .
    - October 8 :
      Liu received the Nobel Peace 2010.
    - October 25 :
      An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 accompanied by a tsunami and volcanic eruption of the volcano Merapi affect the Indonesia. The tsunami caused the deaths of more than 154 people .
    - October 31 :
      Closing of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai in China.
      Presidential elections in Cte d'Ivoire
    November
    Main article: November 2010.
    - November 1 :
      Beginning of the sixth census Chinese
    - November 2 :
      Elections to the House of Representatives of the United States and renewal of one third of the Senate of the United States
    - November 16 :
      France: Registration of gourmet meals of French heritage of UNESCO.
    December
    Article: December 2010.
    - Belarus : Presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko is running for his own succession.
    - December 4 :
      France and Limousin : complete opening of the new Bishop Museum in Limoges , which became the Museum of Fine Arts in Limoges, Bishop's Palace.
    - December 7 :
    - Video games : out of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm by Blizzard Entertainment
    - December 12 :
    - Kosovo : national parliamentary elections.
    Dates to clarify
    - Space (cosmology) : distant flyby of Centaur Crantor (83 982) 2002 GO9 by the spacecraft New Horizons.
    - Space (cosmology) : last flight of the Space Shuttle.
    - Morocco : commissioning of the tram of Rabat Sal and the inauguration's own website (unofficial) of the city of Sidi Ifni.
    Science and technology
    Main article: 2010 in science.
    - Andre Geim and Novoselov Konstantin get the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of graphene ;
    - Richard F. Heck , Ei-ichi Negishi and Suzuki Akira that of chemistry to the advances in organic synthesis (binding of carbon atoms to form more complex molecules);
    - Robert Edwards of the medicine for the development of in vitro fertilization ;
    - Peter Diamond , Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides that of economics for their work on the labor market .
    Culture
    Literature
    - The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa .
    See also
    Related articles
    References
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