Historical Events In August - 10
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
0070 On August - 10 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
0258 On August - 10 saint Lawrence, martyr
0610 On August - 10 in Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
0654 St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I on August - 10.
0794 On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
0843 On August - 10 treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France
0955 The Battle of the Lechfeld August 10 ends 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West Otto the Great of Saxony defeats the Magyars with an army recruited from all the duchies on August - 10.
0955 On this day in history battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
0955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.
0991 On this day in history battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English are defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem.
1002 Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.
1250 Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.
1296 On this day in history john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
1304 -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet on August - 10.
1316 On August - 10 second Battle of Athenry
1461 Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on this day in history.
1497 On August - 10 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1500 On this day in history portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
1511 Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on this day in history.
1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France on August - 10.
1519 On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth
1519 On this day in history magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1556 Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer on this day in history.
1557 On August - 10 battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1560 On August - 10 hieronymus Praetorius, composer
1566 On this day in history iconoclasm begins
1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on this day in history.
1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth on August - 10.
1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on this day in history.
1589 On this day in history maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges on August - 10.
1627 On this day in history cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 On this day in history wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
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