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Historical Events In August - 10
Friday, 24 May 2019
0070 On August - 10 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) 
0258 Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.
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 On this day in history st Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0654 On August - 10 pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
0794 On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
0843 Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France on August - 10.
0955 On this day in history 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 On August - 10 battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
0955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.
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 Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.
1250 On this day in history erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1296 On August - 10 john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
1304 On this day in history -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1316 Second Battle of Athenry on August - 10.
1461 On this day in history alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
1497 On August - 10 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
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 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth on this day in history.
1556 On this day in history philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1557 Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on August - 10.
1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on August - 10.
1566 Iconoclasm begins on this day in history.
1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on this day in history.
1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth on this day in history.
1589 On August - 10 pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
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 August - 10 cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed on August - 10.
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