January 10
January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of the year (356 in leap years).
Events
- 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
- 1941 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress.
- 1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
Births
- 1538 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
- 1644 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)
- 1738 - Ethan Allen, American military leader (d. 1789)
- 1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1893 - Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
Deaths
- 1761 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
- 1851 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
- 1945 - Warren Muck, soldier of Easy Company
- 1945 - Alex Penkala, soldier of Easy Company
- 2008 - Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
- 2009 - William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)
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