Pope Fabian: The 20th Pope of Rome and Christian Community Expansion (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

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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