Historical Events In August - 10

0070  On August - 10 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)   

0258  Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 August - 10 battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  On August - 10 erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

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 August - 10.   

1316  Second Battle of Athenry on this day in history.   

1461  Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain on August - 10.   

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  Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka on this day in history.   

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  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer on August - 10.   

1557  Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France on August - 10.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history county Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges   

1627  Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle on August - 10.   

1628  Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed on August - 10.   

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)   

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.   

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on August - 10.   

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.   

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.   

1535  On August - 10 death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.