Historical Events In August - 10

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

0258  On August - 10 saint Lawrence, martyr  

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  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 August - 10.  

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

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 this day in history battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians  

0955  On August - 10 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  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.  

1250  Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1304  -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet on this day in history.  

1316  On August - 10 second Battle of Athenry  

1461  On August - 10 alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain  

1497  On this day in history john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"  

1500  On August - 10 portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar  

1511  Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on this day in history.  

1512  On this day in history battle at Brest: English fleet beats France  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1560  On August - 10 hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

1566  On this day in history 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  Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on August - 10.  

1589  On August - 10 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  On August - 10 wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history 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  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.  

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

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

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

1002  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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