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Historical Events In August - 10
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
0070 On August - 10 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) 
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 On August - 10 st Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0654 On this day in history pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
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 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 August - 10.
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 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 August - 10.
1296 On August - 10 john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
1304 On August - 10 -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1316 On this day in history second Battle of Athenry
1461 On this day in history alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
1497 On August - 10 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
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 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 On August - 10 philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1557 Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on this day in history.
1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on August - 10.
1566 On August - 10 iconoclasm begins
1567 On this day in history girolamo Giacobbi, composer
1585 On August - 10 english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1589 On August - 10 pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.
1622 On August - 10 county Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
1627 On this day in history cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 On this day in history wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
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