Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In August - 10
Saturday, 04 July 2020
0070 On this day in history "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) 
0258 Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.
0610 On August - 10 in Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
0654 St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I on this day in history.
0794 On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
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 August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
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 August - 10.
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 this day in history.
1316 Second Battle of Athenry on August - 10.
1461 Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on this day in history.
1497 On this day in history john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1500 Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar on August - 10.
1511 Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on this day in history.
1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France on this day in history.
1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.
1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth on August - 10.
1556 On this day in history 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 Iconoclasm begins on August - 10.
1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on this day in history.
1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth on this day in history.
1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on August - 10.
1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.
1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges on August - 10.
1627 Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle on this day in history.
1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed on this day in history.
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