Events on 10 January 34
See all →Year 1791
The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
Year 1812
The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
Year 1863
The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
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Birthdays on 10 January 202
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Johanna van Polanen
b. 1392 – d. 1445
Johanna van Polanen, Dutch noblewoman (d. 1445)
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
b. 1480 – d. 1530
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
Louis of Nassau
b. 1538 – d. 1574
Louis of Nassau (b. 1538)
Simon Marius
b. 1573 – d. 1624
Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)
Isaac Jogues
b. 1607 – d. 1646
Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
b. 1628 – d. 1687
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
Louis François, duc de Boufflers
b. 1644 – d. 1711
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
Joshua Barnes
b. 1654 – d. 1712
Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
Johannes Zick
b. 1702 – d. 1762
Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
Christian August Crusius
b. 1715 – d. 1775
Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
b. 1729 – d. 1799
Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
Isaac Titsingh
b. 1745 – d. 1812
Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
Deaths on 10 January 106
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Polyeuctus
d. 259
Polyeuctus, Roman saint
Pope Miltiades
d. 314
Pope Miltiades
Pope Agatho
d. 681
Pope Agatho
John I Tzimiskes
d. 976 (b. 925)
John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
Bretislav I
d. 1055
Bretislav I, Duke of Bohemia
Al-Mustansir Billah
d. 1094 (b. 1029)
Al-Mustansir Billah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1094)
Hugh I of Cyprus
d. 1218
Hugh I of Cyprus
Pope Gregory X
d. 1276 (b. 1210)
Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
Petrus Aureolus
d. 1322
Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher
Abu Inan Faris
d. 1358 (b. 1329)
Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
Johann Cochlaeus
d. 1552 (b. 1479)
Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)
William Laud
d. 1645 (b. 1573)
William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)