Sicilian Culture: This Day in Italian & Sicilian History: January 10

Much of the information found here was compiled from...

Sicilian Culture

The People, The History, The Culture

This Day in History:
Italian Contributions in the Month of January

January 10
49BC Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy
69AD Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Cæsar
681 Sicilian Pople Agatho Sicilian dies
1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo
1683 Composer Gasparo Visconti
1780 Italian Composer Francesco Antonio Vallotti dies at age 82
1944 Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is born (son of Frank Sinatra)
1960 Among My Souvenirs is a hit song by Connie Francis
1997 Italian Tenor Alvinio Misciano dies after falling out a window

HOME