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| August 10th, 2007 (August 10 2007) | Death | James E. Faust, Second Councelor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (born in 1920) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| August 10th, 2007 (August 10 2007) | Death | Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (born in 1950) | |
| August 10th, 2007 (August 10 2007) | Death | Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American member of Tuskegee Airmen and civil rights activist (born in 1925) | Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes |
| August 10th, 2006 (August 10 2006) | Event | Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes. | |
| August 10th, 2003 (August 10 2003) | Event | The highest temperature ever is recorded in the UK, 38.5øC (101.3øF), occurs in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. | |
| August 10th, 2003 (August 10 2003) | Event | Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space. | |
| August 10th, 2003 (August 10 2003) | Death | Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer | |
| August 10th, 2002 (August 10 2002) | Death | Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (born in 1962) | |
| August 10th, 2002 (August 10 2002) | Death | Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (born in 1926) | |
| August 10th, 2001 (August 10 2001) | Death | Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (born in 1917) | |
| August 10th, 2000 (August 10 2000) | Event | World Population reaches 6 billion according to www.ibiblio.org world population tracker. | |
| August 10th, 1999 (August 10 1999) | Death | Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India (born in 1899) | |
| August 10th, 1998 (August 10 1998) | Event | The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei. | |
| August 10th, 1997 (August 10 1997) | Death | Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (born in 1912) | |
| August 10th, 1997 (August 10 1997) | Death | Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (born in 1953) | |
| August 10th, 1995 (August 10 1995) | Event | Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony. | |
| August 10th, 1995 (August 10 1995) | Event | Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit against the St. Louis Cardinals after fans throw souvenir baseballs on to the field en masse. | |
| August 10th, 1993 (August 10 1993) | Event | An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hit the South Island of New Zealand. | |
| August 10th, 1993 (August 10 1993) | Death | Oystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (born in 1968) | |
| August 10th, 1992 (August 10 1992) | Birth | Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress | |
| August 10th, 1990 (August 10 1990) | Event | The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. | |
| August 10th, 1990 (August 10 1990) | Event | The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in the North East Sri Lanka by the paramilitaries. | |
| August 10th, 1989 (August 10 1989) | Birth | Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer | |
| August 10th, 1989 (August 10 1989) | Birth | Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 10th, 1988 (August 10 1988) | Event | Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| August 10th, 1985 (August 10 1985) | Birth | Roy O Donovan, Irish footballer | |
| August 10th, 1984 (August 10 1984) | Birth | Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino TV host | |
| August 10th, 1983 (August 10 1983) | Birth | Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player | |
| August 10th, 1983 (August 10 1983) | Birth | Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 10th, 1982 (August 10 1982) | Birth | Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress | Devo Quotes |
| August 10th, 1981 (August 10 1981) | Event | The head of John Walsh s son Adam is found in Hollywood, Florida. This event will later prompt the U.S. Congress to pass the Missing Children s Act to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation greater authority to track the disappearance of children, as well as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It also makes Walsh a national spokesman against crime and eventually leads to the establishment of America s Most Wanted. | |
| August 10th, 1981 (August 10 1981) | Birth | Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer | |
| August 10th, 1981 (August 10 1981) | Birth | Dimitris Salpigidis, Greek footballer | |
| August 10th, 1980 (August 10 1980) | Birth | Kaysar Ridha, Iraqi-American reality TV contestant | |
| August 10th, 1980 (August 10 1980) | Death | Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (born in 1917) | |
| August 10th, 1979 (August 10 1979) | Birth | Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver | Yanni Quotes |
| August 10th, 1979 (August 10 1979) | Birth | Joanna Garcia, Cuban actress | |
| August 10th, 1979 (August 10 1979) | Birth | Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author | |
| August 10th, 1979 (August 10 1979) | Death | Walter Gerlach, German physicist (born in 1889) | |
| August 10th, 1979 (August 10 1979) | Death | Dick Foran, American actor (born in 1910) | |
| August 10th, 1978 (August 10 1978) | Birth | Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer | |
| August 10th, 1978 (August 10 1978) | Birth | Chris Read, English cricketer | |
| August 10th, 1978 (August 10 1978) | Birth | Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress | |
| August 10th, 1977 (August 10 1977) | Event | In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over a year s period. | |
| August 10th, 1977 (August 10 1977) | Birth | Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer | |
| August 10th, 1977 (August 10 1977) | Birth | Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling) | |
| August 10th, 1977 (August 10 1977) | Birth | Matt Morgan, British comedian | |
| August 10th, 1976 (August 10 1976) | Birth | Michael Depoli, American wrestler | |
| August 10th, 1974 (August 10 1974) | Birth | David Sommeil, French footballer | |
| August 10th, 1974 (August 10 1974) | Birth | Luis Marin, Costa Rican footballer | |
| August 10th, 1973 (August 10 1973) | Birth | Lisa Raymond, American tennis player | |
| August 10th, 1973 (August 10 1973) | Birth | Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer | |
| August 10th, 1972 (August 10 1972) | Birth | Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby union footballer | |
| August 10th, 1972 (August 10 1972) | Birth | Angie Harmon, American model and actress | |
| August 10th, 1972 (August 10 1972) | Birth | Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Event | The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Roy Keane, Irish footballer | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa, Cuban boxer | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Justin Theroux, American actor | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Sal Fasano, American baseball player | |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| August 10th, 1971 (August 10 1971) | Birth | Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician | |
| August 10th, 1970 (August 10 1970) | Birth | Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player | |
| August 10th, 1970 (August 10 1970) | Birth | Jeff Mangum, American musician | |
| August 10th, 1970 (August 10 1970) | Birth | Steve Mautone, Australian footballer | |
| August 10th, 1969 (August 10 1969) | Event | A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. | Sharon Tate Quotes |
| August 10th, 1969 (August 10 1969) | Death | Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (born in 1925) | |
| August 10th, 1969 (August 10 1969) | Death | Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (born in 1930) | |
| August 10th, 1968 (August 10 1968) | Birth | Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe) | Devo Quotes |
| August 10th, 1968 (August 10 1968) | Birth | Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 10th, 1968 (August 10 1968) | Birth | Peter Docter, American film director | |
| August 10th, 1967 (August 10 1967) | Birth | Philippe Albert, Belgian former footballer | |
| August 10th, 1967 (August 10 1967) | Birth | Riddick Bowe, American boxer | |
| August 10th, 1967 (August 10 1967) | Birth | Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor | |
| August 10th, 1967 (August 10 1967) | Birth | Lorraine Pearson, former singer and author Five Star | |
| August 10th, 1966 (August 10 1966) | Birth | Hansi Kursch, German singer | |
| August 10th, 1965 (August 10 1965) | Birth | Claudia Christian, American actress | |
| August 10th, 1965 (August 10 1965) | Birth | Mike E. Smith, American jockey | |
| August 10th, 1965 (August 10 1965) | Birth | John Starks, American basketball player | |
| August 10th, 1963 (August 10 1963) | Birth | Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist | Andrew Sullivan Quotes |
| August 10th, 1963 (August 10 1963) | Death | Estes Kefauver, American politician, United States Congressman & Senator from Tennessee (born in 1903) | |
| August 10th, 1963 (August 10 1963) | Death | Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (born in 1877) | |
| August 10th, 1961 (August 10 1961) | Birth | Jon Farriss, Australian musician (INXS) | |
| August 10th, 1960 (August 10 1960) | Birth | Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor | |
| August 10th, 1960 (August 10 1960) | Birth | Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress | |
| August 10th, 1960 (August 10 1960) | Birth | Todd David Hess, First USAF Member to receive Military Medical Merit. | |
| August 10th, 1960 (August 10 1960) | Birth | Kenny Perry, American golfer | |
| August 10th, 1959 (August 10 1959) | Birth | Rosanna Arquette, American actress | |
| August 10th, 1959 (August 10 1959) | Birth | Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin) | |
| August 10th, 1958 (August 10 1958) | Death | Frank Demaree, baseball player (born in 1910) | |
| August 10th, 1956 (August 10 1956) | Birth | Fred Ottman, American wrestler | |
| August 10th, 1956 (August 10 1956) | Birth | Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter | |
| August 10th, 1954 (August 10 1954) | Event | At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held. | |
| August 10th, 1953 (August 10 1953) | Birth | Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer | |
| August 10th, 1952 (August 10 1952) | Birth | Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor | |
| August 10th, 1950 (August 10 1950) | Birth | Remy Girard, Canadian actor | |
| August 10th, 1949 (August 10 1949) | Event | US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense. | Harry S. Truman Quotes |
| August 10th, 1948 (August 10 1948) | Event | Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. | |
| August 10th, 1948 (August 10 1948) | Birth | Patti Austin, American singer | |
| August 10th, 1948 (August 10 1948) | Death | Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(born in 1873) | |
| August 10th, 1948 (August 10 1948) | Death | Andrew Brown, Scottish soccer coach (born in 1870) | |
| August 10th, 1948 (August 10 1948) | Death | Montague Summers, English writer (born in 1880) | |
| August 10th, 1947 (August 10 1947) | Birth | Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull) | |
| August 10th, 1947 (August 10 1947) | Birth | Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
| August 10th, 1945 (August 10 1945) | Birth | Harriet Miers, White House counsel | |
| August 10th, 1945 (August 10 1945) | Death | Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (born in 1882) | |
| August 10th, 1944 (August 10 1944) | Event | World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam. | |
| August 10th, 1943 (August 10 1943) | Birth | Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes) | |
| August 10th, 1943 (August 10 1943) | Birth | Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress | |
| August 10th, 1943 (August 10 1943) | Birth | Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (died in 2005) | |
| August 10th, 1943 (August 10 1943) | Birth | Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer | |
| August 10th, 1943 (August 10 1943) | Birth | Pervez Musharraf, is the President of Pakistan, the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. | |
| August 10th, 1942 (August 10 1942) | Birth | Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer | |
| August 10th, 1940 (August 10 1940) | Birth | Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (died in 2003) | |
| August 10th, 1940 (August 10 1940) | Birth | Sid Waddell, Darts Commentator for the PDC | |
| August 10th, 1939 (August 10 1939) | Birth | Kate O Mara, British actress | |
| August 10th, 1937 (August 10 1937) | Birth | Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician | |
| August 10th, 1933 (August 10 1933) | Birth | Doyle Brunson, American poker player | |
| August 10th, 1933 (August 10 1933) | Birth | Rocky Colavito, American baseball player | |
| August 10th, 1933 (August 10 1933) | Birth | Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; died in 2005) | |
| August 10th, 1932 (August 10 1932) | Event | A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. | |
| August 10th, 1932 (August 10 1932) | Death | Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (born in 1918) | |
| August 10th, 1929 (August 10 1929) | Death | Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (born in 1878) | |
| August 10th, 1928 (August 10 1928) | Birth | Jimmy Dean, American singer | |
| August 10th, 1928 (August 10 1928) | Birth | Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor | |
| August 10th, 1928 (August 10 1928) | Birth | Eddie Fisher, American singer | |
| August 10th, 1928 (August 10 1928) | Death | Rex Cherryman, American actor (born in 1897) | |
| August 10th, 1927 (August 10 1927) | Birth | Vernon Washington, American actor (died in 1988) | |
| August 10th, 1923 (August 10 1923) | Birth | Rhonda Fleming, American actress | |
| August 10th, 1920 (August 10 1920) | Event | World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI s representatives sign the Treaty of Sevres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. | |
| August 10th, 1920 (August 10 1920) | Death | Adam Politzer, Austrian physician (born in 1835) | |
| August 10th, 1919 (August 10 1919) | Birth | Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (died in 2001) | |
| August 10th, 1915 (August 10 1915) | Death | Henry Moseley, English physicist (born in 1887) | |
| August 10th, 1914 (August 10 1914) | Birth | Jeff Corey, American actor (died in 2002) | |
| August 10th, 1914 (August 10 1914) | Birth | Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (died in 1973) | |
| August 10th, 1913 (August 10 1913) | Event | Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. | |
| August 10th, 1913 (August 10 1913) | Birth | Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1993) | |
| August 10th, 1913 (August 10 1913) | Birth | Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (died in 1994) | |
| August 10th, 1912 (August 10 1912) | Birth | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (died in 2001) | |
| August 10th, 1911 (August 10 1911) | Birth | A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (died in 1993) | |
| August 10th, 1909 (August 10 1909) | Birth | Leo Fender, American luthier (died in 1991) | |
| August 10th, 1908 (August 10 1908) | Birth | Adelino ("Billy") Gonsalves, American soccer player (died in 1977) | |
| August 10th, 1905 (August 10 1905) | Event | Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth. | |
| August 10th, 1905 (August 10 1905) | Birth | Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (died in 1986) | |
| August 10th, 1904 (August 10 1904) | Event | The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets. | |
| August 10th, 1903 (August 10 1903) | Birth | Ward Moore, American author (died in 1978) | |
| August 10th, 1902 (August 10 1902) | Birth | Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (died in 1983) | |
| August 10th, 1902 (August 10 1902) | Birth | Curt Siodmak, German-born author (died in 2000) | |
| August 10th, 1902 (August 10 1902) | Birth | Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1971) | |
| August 10th, 1901 (August 10 1901) | Event | The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. | |
| August 10th, 1900 (August 10 1900) | Birth | Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (died in 1994) | |
| August 10th, 1898 (August 10 1898) | Birth | Jack Haley, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| August 10th, 1897 (August 10 1897) | Birth | John Galbreath, American businessman (died in 1988) | |
| August 10th, 1896 (August 10 1896) | Death | Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (born in 1848) | |
| August 10th, 1894 (August 10 1894) | Birth | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (died in 1980) | |
| August 10th, 1890 (August 10 1890) | Birth | Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (died in 1954) | |
| August 10th, 1889 (August 10 1889) | Birth | Charles Darrow, Inventor (died in 1967) | |
| August 10th, 1884 (August 10 1884) | Birth | Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (died in 1935) | |
| August 10th, 1880 (August 10 1880) | Birth | Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (died in 1964) | |
| August 10th, 1878 (August 10 1878) | Birth | Alfred Doblin, German writer (died in 1957) | |
| August 10th, 1877 (August 10 1877) | Birth | Frank Marshall, American chess player (died in 1944) | |
| August 10th, 1875 (August 10 1875) | Death | Karl Andree, German geographer (born in 1808) | |
| August 10th, 1874 (August 10 1874) | Birth | Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States (died in 1964) | Herbert Hoover Quotes |
| August 10th, 1874 (August 10 1874) | Birth | Bill Johnson, American musician (died in 1972) | |
| August 10th, 1869 (August 10 1869) | Birth | Laurence Binyon, British poet (died in 1943) | |
| August 10th, 1865 (August 10 1865) | Birth | Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (died in 1936) | |
| August 10th, 1862 (August 10 1862) | Death | Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (born in 1829) | |
| August 10th, 1861 (August 10 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Wilson s CreekThe war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state. | |
| August 10th, 1860 (August 10 1860) | Birth | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (died in 1936) | |
| August 10th, 1856 (August 10 1856) | Event | In Last Island, Louisiana, the 1856 Last Island Hurricane kills between 200 and 400 people. | |
| August 10th, 1856 (August 10 1856) | Birth | William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (died in 1915) | |
| August 10th, 1846 (August 10 1846) | Event | The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson. | James Smith Quotes |
| August 10th, 1845 (August 10 1845) | Birth | Abai Kunanbaev, Kazakh poet (died in 1904) | |
| August 10th, 1839 (August 10 1839) | Birth | Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (died in 1896) | |
| August 10th, 1839 (August 10 1839) | Death | John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (born in 1758) | |
| August 10th, 1823 (August 10 1823) | Birth | Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d.1886) | |
| August 10th, 1821 (August 10 1821) | Event | Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state. | |
| August 10th, 1821 (August 10 1821) | Birth | Jay Cooke, American financier (died in 1905) | |
| August 10th, 1814 (August 10 1814) | Birth | Henri Nestle, Swiss industrialist (died in 1890) | |
| August 10th, 1810 (August 10 1810) | Birth | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia | |
| August 10th, 1809 (August 10 1809) | Event | Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. | |
| August 10th, 1806 (August 10 1806) | Death | Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (born in 1737) | |
| August 10th, 1802 (August 10 1802) | Death | Franz Aepinus, German scientist (born in 1724) | |
| August 10th, 1792 (August 10 1792) | Event | French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. | |
| August 10th, 1784 (August 10 1784) | Death | Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (born in 1713) | |
| August 10th, 1776 (August 10 1776) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. | |
| August 10th, 1759 (August 10 1759) | Death | King Ferdinand VI of Spain (born in 1713) | |
| August 10th, 1744 (August 10 1744) | Birth | Alexandrine-Jeanne d Etiolles (nicknamed "Fanfan"), daughter of the courtesan Madame de Pompadour (died in 1754) | |
| August 10th, 1737 (August 10 1737) | Birth | Anton Losenko, Russian painter (died in 1773) | |
| August 10th, 1723 (August 10 1723) | Death | Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (born in 1656) | |
| August 10th, 1680 (August 10 1680) | Event | Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico. | |
| August 10th, 1675 (August 10 1675) | Event | The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London was laid. | |
| August 10th, 1655 (August 10 1655) | Death | Alfonso de la Cueva, marques de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (born in 1572) | |
| August 10th, 1653 (August 10 1653) | Death | Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (born in 1598) | |
| August 10th, 1645 (August 10 1645) | Birth | Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (died in 1711) | |
| August 10th, 1637 (August 10 1637) | Death | Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (born in 1582) | |
| August 10th, 1628 (August 10 1628) | Event | The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage. | |
| August 10th, 1602 (August 10 1602) | Birth | Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (died in 1675) | |
| August 10th, 1560 (August 10 1560) | Birth | Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (died in 1629) | |
| August 10th, 1557 (August 10 1557) | Event | Battle of St. Quentin Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars | |
| August 10th, 1535 (August 10 1535) | Death | Ippolito de Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (born in 1509) | |
| August 10th, 1520 (August 10 1520) | Birth | Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (died in 1537) | |
| August 10th, 1519 (August 10 1519) | Event | Ferdinand Magellan s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. | |
| August 10th, 1489 (August 10 1489) | Birth | Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (died in 1553) | |
| August 10th, 1397 (August 10 1397) | Birth | Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1439) | |
| August 10th, 1360 (August 10 1360) | Birth | Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (died in 1417) | |
| August 10th, 1316 (August 10 1316) | Event | Second Battle of Athenry | |
| August 10th, 1296 (August 10 1296) | Birth | John I, Count of Luxemburg (died in 1346) | |
| August 10th, 1267 (August 10 1267) | Birth | King James II of Aragon (died in 1327) | |
| August 10th, 0991 (August 10 0991) | Event | 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. | |
| August 10th, 0955 (August 10 0955) | Event | Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. | |
| August 10th, 0612 (August 10 0612) | Event | Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh. | |
| August 10th, 0612 (August 10 0612) | Death | Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king | |
| August 10th, 0610 (August 10 0610) | Event | In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur an. | |
| August 10th, 0258 (August 10 0258) | Death | Saint Lawrence, martyr | |
