Historical Events In August - 10
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0070 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) on August - 10.
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 this day in history.
0654 On this day in history st Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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 On August - 10 treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divide France
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 Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians on this day in history.
0955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.
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 this day in history.
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 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 Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar on this day in history.
1511 Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on August - 10.
1512 On August - 10 battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth
1519 On August - 10 magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1556 Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer on this day in history.
1557 On this day in history battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1560 On August - 10 hieronymus Praetorius, composer
1566 On this day in history iconoclasm begins
1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer on August - 10.
1585 On this day in history english Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
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 On August - 10 county Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
1627 On August - 10 cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
1628 On August - 10 wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
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