This day in History - January 10

432 Historic Events for January 10
69 Event Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as C‘sar
236 Event St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
681 Death Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
866 Death Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
976 Death John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51
1072 Event Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo
1271 Death Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
1276 Death Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1356 Event German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree
1429 Event Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain
1430 Event Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
1430 Event Order of the Guilder forms
1502 Birth Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1514 Event Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished
1542 Death Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1550 Event 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris
1628 Birth Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
1635 Birth Willem … Brakel, Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion)
1638 Birth Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
1642 Event King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford
1644 Birth Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
1645 Death William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
1663 Event King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
1674 Death Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84
1683 Birth Gasparo Visconti, composer