Historical Events In August - 10
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
0070 On this day in history "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 August - 10.
0654 St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 10.
0654 On August - 10 pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
0794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.
0843 Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France on this day in history.
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 On August - 10 battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
0955 On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
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 Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.
1296 On this day in history 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 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 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" on this day in history.
1500 On August - 10 portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
1511 Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on August - 10.
1512 On August - 10 battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.
1519 On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1556 On August - 10 philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1557 On this day in history battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on this day in history.
1566 Iconoclasm begins on August - 10.
1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on this day in history.
1585 On August - 10 english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1589 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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