WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. JANUARY
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Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. (10. January 49. BC)

The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty. (10. January 9)

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. (10. January 69)

Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. (10. January 236)

Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. (10. January 1072)

Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. (10. January 1475)

Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. (10. January 1645)

Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. (10. January 1776)

The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War. (10. January 1791)

Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British. (10. January 1806)

Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine. (10. January 1810)

American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. (10. January 1861)

The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. (10. January 1863)

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. (10. January 1870)

The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. (10. January 1901)

World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. (10. January 1916)

The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. (10. January 1920)

Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann. (10. January 1922)

Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. (10. January 1923)

Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. (10. January 1927)