WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. DECEMBER
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The son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. (10. December 1041)

The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. (10. December 1508)

Portuguese Conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. (10. December 1510)

Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. (10. December 1520)

Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. (10. December 1541)

The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter (10. December 1665)

Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley. (10. December 1684)

France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. (10. December 1799)

Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. (10. December 1817)

American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy. (10. December 1861)

Forces led by Nguyen Trung Truc, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance. (10. December 1861)

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia. (10. December 1864)

The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. (10. December 1868)

The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia. (10. December 1869)

Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published. (10. December 1884)

Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance. (10. December 1896)

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. (10. December 1898)

Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York. (10. December 1899)

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. (10. December 1901)

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize. (10. December 1906)