Historical Events In August - 10

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

0258  On this day in history 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  On August - 10 st Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0654  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0955  On August - 10 battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians   

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

0991  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1316  Second Battle of Athenry on August - 10.   

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  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 August - 10.   

1557  On August - 10 battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on August - 10.   

1566  On August - 10 iconoclasm begins   

1567  Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on August - 10.   

1585  English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth on August - 10.   

1589  On August - 10 pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer   

1589  Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.   

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 August - 10 wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed   

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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 this day in history.   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.   

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  On this day in history birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.   

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

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

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.   

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

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.   

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on this day in history.