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  In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an on August - 10.  

0654  St Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

1250  Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 second Battle of Athenry  

1461  Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on this day in history.  

1497  John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" on this day in history.  

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

1511  Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on August - 10.  

1512  On August - 10 battle at Brest: English fleet beats France  

1519  Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth on this day in history.  

1519  On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth  

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

1557  On this day in history battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on this day in history.  

1566  Iconoclasm begins on August - 10.  

1567  Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on this day in history.  

1585  On August - 10 english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth  

1589  On this day in history pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer  

1589  On this day in history 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  Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed on this day in history.  

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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 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 August - 10.  

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 10.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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