Historical Events In August - 10

0070  On this day in history "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)  

0258  Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  

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

0654  On this day in history st Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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  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 this day in history.  

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

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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  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  

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

1296  On August - 10 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  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 August - 10.  

1500  On this day in history portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar  

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

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

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

1519  Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth on August - 10.  

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer on this day in history.  

1557  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1589  Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on this day in history.  

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

1622  County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges on this day in history.  

1627  On August - 10 cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle  

1628  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

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 August - 10.  

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

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

1556  On August - 10 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  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

0955  On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

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

1250  On this day in history death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.