Historical Events In August - 10
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0070 On this day in history "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
0258 On this day in history saint Lawrence, martyr
0610 In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an on August - 10.
0654 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
0955 On this day in history 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 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 August - 10.
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 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 August - 10.
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 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 On August - 10 portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka
1512 On this day in history battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth
1519 On this day in history magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1556 Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer on this day in history.
1557 Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on this day in history.
1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on this day in history.
1566 On August - 10 iconoclasm begins
1567 On August - 10 girolamo Giacobbi, composer
1585 On August - 10 english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer on this day in history.
1589 On this day in history maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1622 On August - 10 county Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
1627 On August - 10 cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 On this day in history wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
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