This day in History - August 10

435 Historic Events for August 10
70 Event "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
654 Event Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
794 Death Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
843 Event Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France
955 Event Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
955 Death Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
1002 Death Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of C¢rdoba, dies
1250 Death Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1296 Birth John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
1304 Event -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1461 Event Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
1497 Event John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
1500 Event Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar
1511 Event Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka
1512 Event Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1519 Event Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1556 Birth Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1557 Event Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France
1560 Birth Hieronymus Praetorius, composer
1566 Event Iconoclasm begins
1567 Birth Girolamo Giacobbi, composer
1585 Event English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1589 Birth Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
1589 Death Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1622 Event County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges