Historical Events In August - 10

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

0258  On August - 10 saint Lawrence, martyr  

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  St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0654  On this day in history 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  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  Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians on August - 10.  

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

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0991  On this day in history 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 this day in history erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

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  Second Battle of Athenry on this day in history.  

1461  Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on August - 10.  

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

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  Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on August - 10.  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history iconoclasm begins  

1567  On August - 10 girolamo Giacobbi, composer  

1585  English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth on this day in history.  

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  Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

1397  On this day in history birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  On August - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 10.  

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

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