Pope Fabian: The 20th Pope of Rome and Christian Community Expansion (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
January 10, 20248m 35s
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A Daily Dose of History (10 Jan 2024)
Today's historical events:
- Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
- Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.
- Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
- Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
- Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
- American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 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.
- American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- 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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