On January 10, history records 34 notable events, 202 famous births and 106 deaths, spanning the years 236 to 1863.
Events on this day include: Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. (236); Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. (1072).
Notable people born on January 10 include Johanna van Polanen (1392), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), Louis of Nassau (1538).
Notable figures who died on this day include Polyeuctus (259), Pope Miltiades (314), Pope Agatho (681).
Events on 10 January 34
See all →The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
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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Deaths on 10 January 106
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