Historical Events In August - 10

0070  On August - 10 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)  

0258  On August - 10 saint Lawrence, martyr  

0610  In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an on this day in history.  

0654  St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 10.  

0654  Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I on August - 10.  

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.  

0843  On this day in history treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France  

0955  On August - 10 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  

0955  Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians on August - 10.  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.  

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0991  On August - 10 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  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

1250  On August - 10 erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1296  On this day in history john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1304  On August - 10 -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet  

1316  On this day in history second Battle of Athenry  

1461  Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on August - 10.  

1497  John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" on this day in history.  

1500  Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar on this day in history.  

1511  On this day in history portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka  

1512  Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France on August - 10.  

1519  Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth  

1556  On August - 10 philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1557  Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on this day in history.  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on August - 10.  

1566  Iconoclasm begins on August - 10.  

1567  On August - 10 girolamo Giacobbi, composer  

1585  On this day in history english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth  

1589  Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on August - 10.  

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  Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed on August - 10.  

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on August - 10.  

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.  

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.  

0258  On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr  

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.  

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)  

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned