January 10 All Events |
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| January 10th, 2049 (January 10 2049) | Event | Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| January 10th, 2008 (January 10 2008) | Death | Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (born in 1967) | |
| January 10th, 2008 (January 10 2008) | Death | Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (born in 1921) | |
| January 10th, 2008 (January 10 2008) | Death | Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (born in 1922) | |
| January 10th, 2007 (January 10 2007) | Death | Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (born in 1912) | |
| January 10th, 2007 (January 10 2007) | Death | Bradford Washburn, American explorer (born in 1910) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Event | A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days. | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Gene Baylos, American comedian (born in 1906) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (born in 1908) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | James Forman, American civil rights leader (born in 1928) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Kalevi Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier (born in 1932) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (born in 1911) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Jack Horner, American sports journalist (born in 1912) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Josephine-Charlotte, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (born in 1927) | |
| January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Death | Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (born in 1909) | |
| January 10th, 2004 (January 10 2004) | Death | Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (born in 1941) | |
| January 10th, 2004 (January 10 2004) | Death | Alexandra Ripley, American author (born in 1934) | |
| January 10th, 2002 (January 10 2002) | Death | W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (born in 1909) | |
| January 10th, 2000 (January 10 2000) | Death | Sam Jaffe, American producer (born in 1901) | |
| January 10th, 1999 (January 10 1999) | Event | A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea. | |
| January 10th, 1999 (January 10 1999) | Death | Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (born in 1921) | |
| January 10th, 1997 (January 10 1997) | Death | Elspeth Huxley, British journalist and writer (born in 1907) | |
| January 10th, 1997 (January 10 1997) | Death | Sheldon Leonard, American film producer, actor, and director (born in 1907) | |
| January 10th, 1997 (January 10 1997) | Death | Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1907) | |
| January 10th, 1995 (January 10 1995) | Death | Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter (born in 1937) | |
| January 10th, 1992 (January 10 1992) | Death | Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (born in 1919) | Bono Quotes |
| January 10th, 1990 (January 10 1990) | Event | Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. | |
| January 10th, 1989 (January 10 1989) | Event | Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola. | |
| January 10th, 1989 (January 10 1989) | Death | Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (born in 1905) | |
| January 10th, 1989 (January 10 1989) | Death | Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (born in 1933) | |
| January 10th, 1987 (January 10 1987) | Death | Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (born in 1919) | |
| January 10th, 1987 (January 10 1987) | Death | Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (born in 1904) | |
| January 10th, 1986 (January 10 1986) | Birth | Saleisha Stowers, American model | |
| January 10th, 1986 (January 10 1986) | Death | Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1901) | |
| January 10th, 1985 (January 10 1985) | Death | Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (born in 1906) | |
| January 10th, 1984 (January 10 1984) | Event | The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years. | |
| January 10th, 1984 (January 10 1984) | Death | Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (born in 1901) | |
| January 10th, 1983 (January 10 1983) | Birth | Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver | |
| January 10th, 1983 (January 10 1983) | Birth | Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier | |
| January 10th, 1982 (January 10 1982) | Birth | Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (died in 2002) | Evans Quotes |
| January 10th, 1982 (January 10 1982) | Death | Paul Lynde, American comedian (born in 1926) | |
| January 10th, 1981 (January 10 1981) | Birth | Brian Joo, Korean-American singer | |
| January 10th, 1981 (January 10 1981) | Death | Katherine Alexander, American actress (born in 1898) | |
| January 10th, 1981 (January 10 1981) | Death | Richard Boone, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| January 10th, 1981 (January 10 1981) | Death | Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (born in 1915) | Fawn Brodie Quotes |
| January 10th, 1980 (January 10 1980) | Birth | Matt Roney, American baseball player | |
| January 10th, 1980 (January 10 1980) | Birth | Sarah Shahi, American actress and model | |
| January 10th, 1980 (January 10 1980) | Death | Hughie Critz, American baseball player (born in 1900) | |
| January 10th, 1980 (January 10 1980) | Death | George Meany, American labor leader (born in 1894) | George Ade Quotes |
| January 10th, 1980 (January 10 1980) | Death | Bo Rein, American college football coach (born in 1945) | |
| January 10th, 1978 (January 10 1978) | Birth | Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown) | |
| January 10th, 1978 (January 10 1978) | Death | Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (born in 1924) | |
| January 10th, 1978 (January 10 1978) | Death | Don Gillis, American composer (born in 1912) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| January 10th, 1976 (January 10 1976) | Birth | Adam Kennedy, American baseball player | |
| January 10th, 1976 (January 10 1976) | Death | Howlin Wolf, American musician (born in 1910) | |
| January 10th, 1975 (January 10 1975) | Birth | Jake Delhomme, American football player | |
| January 10th, 1974 (January 10 1974) | Birth | Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor | |
| January 10th, 1974 (January 10 1974) | Birth | Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer | |
| January 10th, 1974 (January 10 1974) | Birth | Akari Kaida, Japanese composer | |
| January 10th, 1974 (January 10 1974) | Birth | Steve Marlet, French footballer | |
| January 10th, 1974 (January 10 1974) | Birth | Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor | |
| January 10th, 1973 (January 10 1973) | Birth | Ryan Drummond, American voice actor | |
| January 10th, 1973 (January 10 1973) | Birth | Glenn Robinson, American basketball player | |
| January 10th, 1972 (January 10 1972) | Birth | Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier | |
| January 10th, 1972 (January 10 1972) | Birth | Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler | |
| January 10th, 1972 (January 10 1972) | Death | Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (born in 1897) | |
| January 10th, 1971 (January 10 1971) | Death | Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (born in 1883) | |
| January 10th, 1970 (January 10 1970) | Birth | Marcus Bagwell, American professional wrestler | |
| January 10th, 1970 (January 10 1970) | Birth | Alisa Maric, Serbian-American chess grandmaster | |
| January 10th, 1970 (January 10 1970) | Death | Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (born in 1925) | |
| January 10th, 1969 (January 10 1969) | Death | John Brownlee, Australian tenor (born in 1900) | |
| January 10th, 1968 (January 10 1968) | Death | Basil Sydney, English actor (born in 1894) | |
| January 10th, 1967 (January 10 1967) | Birth | Johan Laats, Belgian judoka | |
| January 10th, 1966 (January 10 1966) | Birth | Steve Kramer, American politician | |
| January 10th, 1965 (January 10 1965) | Birth | Butch Hartman, American animator | |
| January 10th, 1964 (January 10 1964) | Birth | Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies) | |
| January 10th, 1963 (January 10 1963) | Birth | Mark Pryor, American politician | |
| January 10th, 1962 (January 10 1962) | Event | Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission. | |
| January 10th, 1962 (January 10 1962) | Birth | Michael Fortier, Canadian politician | |
| January 10th, 1961 (January 10 1961) | Birth | Evan Handler, American actor | |
| January 10th, 1961 (January 10 1961) | Birth | Janet Jones, American actress; wife of Wayne Gretzky | |
| January 10th, 1961 (January 10 1961) | Birth | Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist | |
| January 10th, 1961 (January 10 1961) | Death | Dashiell Hammett, American writer (born in 1894) | |
| January 10th, 1960 (January 10 1960) | Birth | Benoit Pelletier, Canadian politician | |
| January 10th, 1960 (January 10 1960) | Birth | Samira Said, Moroccan singer | |
| January 10th, 1960 (January 10 1960) | Death | Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1879) | |
| January 10th, 1959 (January 10 1959) | Birth | Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter | |
| January 10th, 1958 (January 10 1958) | Birth | Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter | |
| January 10th, 1957 (January 10 1957) | Birth | Greg Walden, U.S. Congressman from Oregon | |
| January 10th, 1957 (January 10 1957) | Death | Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1889) | |
| January 10th, 1956 (January 10 1956) | Birth | Shawn Colvin, American singer | |
| January 10th, 1956 (January 10 1956) | Birth | Antonio Munoz Molina, Spanish writer | |
| January 10th, 1955 (January 10 1955) | Birth | Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO) | |
| January 10th, 1953 (January 10 1953) | Birth | Pat Benatar, American singer | |
| January 10th, 1953 (January 10 1953) | Birth | Dennis Cooper, American author | |
| January 10th, 1953 (January 10 1953) | Birth | Bobby Rahal, American race car driver and race team owner | |
| January 10th, 1952 (January 10 1952) | Birth | Scott Thurston, American musician, songwriter | |
| January 10th, 1951 (January 10 1951) | Death | Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1885) | Sinclair Lewis Quotes |
| January 10th, 1951 (January 10 1951) | Death | Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (born in 1890) | |
| January 10th, 1949 (January 10 1949) | Birth | George Foreman, American boxer | |
| January 10th, 1949 (January 10 1949) | Birth | James Lapine, American stage director | |
| January 10th, 1949 (January 10 1949) | Birth | Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (died in 2002) | |
| January 10th, 1949 (January 10 1949) | Death | Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (born in 1865) | |
| January 10th, 1948 (January 10 1948) | Birth | Donald Fagen, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Steely Dan) | |
| January 10th, 1948 (January 10 1948) | Birth | Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (died in 2002) | |
| January 10th, 1948 (January 10 1948) | Birth | Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist | |
| January 10th, 1948 (January 10 1948) | Birth | Bernard Thevenet, French cyclist | |
| January 10th, 1947 (January 10 1947) | Birth | Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party | Tupac Shakur Quotes |
| January 10th, 1946 (January 10 1946) | Event | The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented. | |
| January 10th, 1946 (January 10 1946) | Birth | Aynsley Dunbar, English musician | |
| January 10th, 1945 (January 10 1945) | Birth | Jennifer Moss, English Actress (died in 2006) | |
| January 10th, 1945 (January 10 1945) | Birth | John Fahey, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales, chairman of WADA | |
| January 10th, 1945 (January 10 1945) | Birth | Rod Stewart, Scottish singer | |
| January 10th, 1945 (January 10 1945) | Birth | Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler | |
| January 10th, 1944 (January 10 1944) | Birth | Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer | |
| January 10th, 1944 (January 10 1944) | Birth | Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter (Le Telejournal) | |
| January 10th, 1944 (January 10 1944) | Birth | William Sanderson, American actor | |
| January 10th, 1944 (January 10 1944) | Birth | Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer | Frank Sinatra Quotes |
| January 10th, 1943 (January 10 1943) | Birth | Jim Croce, American singer (died in 1973) | |
| January 10th, 1942 (January 10 1942) | Birth | Walter Hill, American film director | |
| January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Event | Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. | |
| January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Event | World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura. | |
| January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Death | Frank Bridge, English composer (born in 1879) | |
| January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Death | Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (born in 1856) | |
| January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Death | Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (born in 1904) | |
| January 10th, 1940 (January 10 1940) | Birth | Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician | |
| January 10th, 1940 (January 10 1940) | Birth | Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole | |
| January 10th, 1940 (January 10 1940) | Birth | Yesudas, Indian playback singer and classical musician | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | Jared Carter, American poet | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | David Horowitz, American author and political commentator | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | William Levy, Dutch writer | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | Scott McKenzie, American singer | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | Sal Mineo, American actor (died in 1976) | |
| January 10th, 1939 (January 10 1939) | Birth | Bill Toomey, American athlete | |
| January 10th, 1938 (January 10 1938) | Birth | Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist | Donald Knuth Quotes |
| January 10th, 1938 (January 10 1938) | Birth | Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and Canadian Senator | |
| January 10th, 1938 (January 10 1938) | Birth | Willie McCovey, American baseball player | |
| January 10th, 1937 (January 10 1937) | Birth | Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge | Thomas Jackson Quotes |
| January 10th, 1936 (January 10 1936) | Birth | Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer (died in 1997) | |
| January 10th, 1936 (January 10 1936) | Birth | Stephen Ambrose, American historian (died in 2002) | Ambrose Quotes |
| January 10th, 1936 (January 10 1936) | Birth | Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate | |
| January 10th, 1936 (January 10 1936) | Birth | Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer | |
| January 10th, 1935 (January 10 1935) | Birth | Ronnie Hawkins, American musician | |
| January 10th, 1935 (January 10 1935) | Birth | Sherrill Milnes, American baritone | |
| January 10th, 1935 (January 10 1935) | Death | Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (born in 1873) | |
| January 10th, 1934 (January 10 1934) | Birth | Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician | |
| January 10th, 1934 (January 10 1934) | Death | Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting the Reichstag fire (born in 1909) | |
| January 10th, 1933 (January 10 1933) | Birth | Anton Rodgers, English actor (died in 2007) | |
| January 10th, 1932 (January 10 1932) | Birth | Elaine Devry, American actress | |
| January 10th, 1931 (January 10 1931) | Birth | Peter Barnes, English writer (died in 2004) | |
| January 10th, 1930 (January 10 1930) | Birth | Roy Edward Disney, American film executive | |
| January 10th, 1929 (January 10 1929) | Birth | Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone | |
| January 10th, 1928 (January 10 1928) | Birth | Philip Levine, American poet | |
| January 10th, 1927 (January 10 1927) | Birth | Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (died in 2003) | |
| January 10th, 1927 (January 10 1927) | Birth | Johnnie Ray, American singer (died in 1990) | |
| January 10th, 1927 (January 10 1927) | Birth | Otto Stich, Swiss politician | |
| January 10th, 1926 (January 10 1926) | Birth | Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician | |
| January 10th, 1924 (January 10 1924) | Birth | Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer and director (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) (died in 1996) | |
| January 10th, 1924 (January 10 1924) | Birth | Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (died in 2007) | |
| January 10th, 1923 (January 10 1923) | Event | Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. | |
| January 10th, 1922 (January 10 1922) | Event | Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State. | |
| January 10th, 1922 (January 10 1922) | Death | Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (born in 1866) | |
| January 10th, 1921 (January 10 1921) | Birth | Rodger Ward, American race car driver (died in 2004) | |
| January 10th, 1920 (January 10 1920) | Event | The League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I. | |
| January 10th, 1920 (January 10 1920) | Birth | Georges Marchal, French actor (died in 1997) | |
| January 10th, 1920 (January 10 1920) | Birth | Max Patkin, American baseball player (died in 1999) | |
| January 10th, 1918 (January 10 1918) | Birth | Arthur Chung, President of Guyana | |
| January 10th, 1917 (January 10 1917) | Birth | Jerry Wexler, American record producer | |
| January 10th, 1917 (January 10 1917) | Death | William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (born in 1846) | |
| January 10th, 1916 (January 10 1916) | Birth | Sune Bergstrom, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 2004) | |
| January 10th, 1916 (January 10 1916) | Birth | Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2007) | |
| January 10th, 1915 (January 10 1915) | Birth | Dean Dixon, U.S. conductor (died in 1976) | |
| January 10th, 1914 (January 10 1914) | Birth | Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (died in 2000) | |
| January 10th, 1913 (January 10 1913) | Birth | Gustav Husak, President of Czechoslovakia (died in 1991) | |
| January 10th, 1913 (January 10 1913) | Birth | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (died in 1981) | |
| January 10th, 1912 (January 10 1912) | Birth | Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (died in 1948) | |
| January 10th, 1910 (January 10 1910) | Birth | Jean Martinon, French conductor, composer (died in 1976) | |
| January 10th, 1908 (January 10 1908) | Birth | Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (died in 1993) | |
| January 10th, 1908 (January 10 1908) | Birth | Bernard Lee, English actor (died in 1981) | |
| January 10th, 1905 (January 10 1905) | Death | Karlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (born in 1835) | |
| January 10th, 1904 (January 10 1904) | Birth | Ray Bolger, American actor/dancer (died in 1987) | |
| January 10th, 1904 (January 10 1904) | Death | Jean-Leon Gerome, French painter and sculptor (born in 1824) | |
| January 10th, 1903 (January 10 1903) | Birth | Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (died in 1975) | |
| January 10th, 1903 (January 10 1903) | Birth | Voldemar Vali, Estonian wrestler (died in 1997) | |
| January 10th, 1903 (January 10 1903) | Birth | Violet Wilkey, American actress (died in 1976) | |
| January 10th, 1901 (January 10 1901) | Event | The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. | |
| January 10th, 1901 (January 10 1901) | Death | Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (born in 1832) | |
| January 10th, 1895 (January 10 1895) | Death | Benjamin Godard, French composer (born in 1849) | |
| January 10th, 1893 (January 10 1893) | Birth | Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (died in 1932) | |
| January 10th, 1890 (January 10 1890) | Birth | Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (died in 1957) | |
| January 10th, 1887 (January 10 1887) | Birth | Robinson Jeffers, American poet (died in 1962) | Robinson Jeffers Quotes |
| January 10th, 1883 (January 10 1883) | Birth | Francis X. Bushman, American actor (died in 1966) | |
| January 10th, 1883 (January 10 1883) | Birth | Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (died in 1945) | |
| January 10th, 1883 (January 10 1883) | Death | Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (born in 1833) | |
| January 10th, 1880 (January 10 1880) | Birth | Manuel Azana y Diaz, Spanish republican President (died in 1940) | |
| January 10th, 1880 (January 10 1880) | Birth | Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach), Swiss circus clown (died in 1959) | |
| January 10th, 1873 (January 10 1873) | Birth | Jack O Neill, Irish-born baseball player (died in 1935) | |
| January 10th, 1873 (January 10 1873) | Birth | George Orton, Canadian athlete (died in 1958) | |
| January 10th, 1870 (January 10 1870) | Event | John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
| January 10th, 1866 (January 10 1866) | Death | Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (born in 1792) | |
| January 10th, 1865 (January 10 1865) | Birth | Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (died in 1928) | |
| January 10th, 1864 (January 10 1864) | Birth | Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (died in 1931) | |
| January 10th, 1863 (January 10 1863) | Event | The London Underground, the world s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. | |
| January 10th, 1863 (January 10 1863) | Death | Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (born in 1775) | |
| January 10th, 1862 (January 10 1862) | Death | Samuel Colt, American inventor (born in 1814) | |
| January 10th, 1861 (January 10 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. | |
| January 10th, 1858 (January 10 1858) | Birth | Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (died in 1929) | |
| January 10th, 1851 (January 10 1851) | Death | Karl Freiherr von Muffling, Prussian field marshal (born in 1775) | |
| January 10th, 1850 (January 10 1850) | Birth | John Wellborn Root, American architect (died in 1891) | |
| January 10th, 1849 (January 10 1849) | Birth | Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (died in 1909) | |
| January 10th, 1843 (January 10 1843) | Birth | Frank James, American outlaw (died in 1915) | |
| January 10th, 1840 (January 10 1840) | Birth | Louis Nazaire Begin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (died in 1925) | |
| January 10th, 1836 (January 10 1836) | Birth | Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (died in 1902) | |
| January 10th, 1834 (January 10 1834) | Birth | Lord Acton, British historian (died in 1902) | |
| January 10th, 1833 (January 10 1833) | Death | Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (born in 1752) | |
| January 10th, 1828 (January 10 1828) | Birth | Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (died in 1892) | |
| January 10th, 1828 (January 10 1828) | Death | Francois de Neufchateau, French statesman and intellectual figure (born in 1750) | |
| January 10th, 1824 (January 10 1824) | Death | King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (born in 1759) | |
| January 10th, 1815 (January 10 1815) | Birth | Sir John Alexander Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1891) | |
| January 10th, 1812 (January 10 1812) | Birth | Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (died in 1881) | |
| January 10th, 1811 (January 10 1811) | Death | Marie-Joseph Chenier, French poet (born in 1764) | |
| January 10th, 1810 (January 10 1810) | Event | The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. | |
| January 10th, 1810 (January 10 1810) | Birth | Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (died in 1883) | |
| January 10th, 1806 (January 10 1806) | Event | Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British. | |
| January 10th, 1797 (January 10 1797) | Birth | Annette von Droste-Hulshoff, German writer (died in 1848) | |
| January 10th, 1794 (January 10 1794) | Death | Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (died in 1754) | |
| January 10th, 1778 (January 10 1778) | Death | Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (born in 1707) | |
| January 10th, 1777 (January 10 1777) | Death | Spranger Barry, Irish actor (born in 1719) | |
| January 10th, 1776 (January 10 1776) | Event | Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. | Thomas Paine Quotes |
| January 10th, 1769 (January 10 1769) | Birth | Michel Ney, French marshal (died in 1815) | |
| January 10th, 1761 (January 10 1761) | Death | Edward Boscawen, British admiral (born in 1711) | |
| January 10th, 1754 (January 10 1754) | Death | Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (born in 1691) | |
| January 10th, 1750 (January 10 1750) | Birth | Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (died in 1823) | |
| January 10th, 1738 (January 10 1738) | Birth | Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (died in 1789) | |
| January 10th, 1729 (January 10 1729) | Birth | Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (died in 1799) | |
| January 10th, 1721 (January 10 1721) | Birth | Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (died in 1740) | |
| January 10th, 1715 (January 10 1715) | Birth | Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (died in 1775) | Philo Quotes |
| January 10th, 1707 (January 10 1707) | Death | Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (born in 1621) | |
| January 10th, 1702 (January 10 1702) | Birth | Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (died in 1762) | |
| January 10th, 1698 (January 10 1698) | Death | Louis-Sebastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (born in 1637) | |
| January 10th, 1662 (January 10 1662) | Death | Prince Honore II of Monaco (born in 1597) | |
| January 10th, 1654 (January 10 1654) | Birth | Joshua Barnes, English scholar (died in 1712) | |
| January 10th, 1654 (January 10 1654) | Death | Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (born in 1616) | |
| January 10th, 1645 (January 10 1645) | Event | Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. | |
| January 10th, 1645 (January 10 1645) | Death | William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1573) | |
| January 10th, 1644 (January 10 1644) | Birth | Louis Francois, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (died in 1711) | |
| January 10th, 1638 (January 10 1638) | Birth | Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (died in 1686) | |
| January 10th, 1628 (January 10 1628) | Birth | George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (died in 1687) | |
| January 10th, 1607 (January 10 1607) | Birth | Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (died in 1646) | |
| January 10th, 1573 (January 10 1573) | Birth | Simon Marius, German astronomer (died in 1624) | |
| January 10th, 1538 (January 10 1538) | Birth | Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (died in 1574) | |
| January 10th, 1480 (January 10 1480) | Birth | Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (died in 1530) | |
| January 10th, 1475 (January 10 1475) | Event | Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. | |
| January 10th, 1276 (January 10 1276) | Death | Pope Gregory X (bc. 1210) | |
| January 10th, 1094 (January 10 1094) | Death | Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (born in 1029) | |
| January 10th, 1072 (January 10 1072) | Event | Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. | |
| January 10th, 0976 (January 10 0976) | Death | John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (born in 925) | |
| January 10th, 0681 (January 10 0681) | Death | Pope Agatho | |
