On this day: August 10

Events on August 10

• 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines. Wikipedia
• 1585 The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels. Wikipedia
• 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing Stockholm on her maiden voyage to take part in the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
• 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm. Wikipedia
• 1664 The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683. Wikipedia
• 1680 The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico. Wikipedia
• 1792 French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace, effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814. Wikipedia
• 1792 French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob. Wikipedia
• 1793 The Louvre (pyramid pictured) in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art. Wikipedia
• 1835 P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid. Wikipedia
• 1856 The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths. Wikipedia
• 1861 American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, was fought. Wikipedia
• 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of Missouri. Wikipedia
• 1913 Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. Wikipedia
• 1920 World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. Wikipedia
• 1944 World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end. Wikipedia
• 1953 First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. Wikipedia
• 1966 The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its construction, killing nine workers. Wikipedia
• 1966 The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario. Wikipedia
• 1988 Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. Wikipedia
• 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. Wikipedia
• 1997 Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. Wikipedia
• 1998 HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. Wikipedia
• 2009 Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. Wikipedia
• 2019 Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines. Wikipedia
• 2020 Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history. Wikipedia

Born on August 10

• 1744 Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, daughter of Madame de Pompadour (died 1754) Wikipedia
• 1755 Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1773) Wikipedia
• 1810 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861) Wikipedia
• 1814 Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890) Wikipedia
• 1814 John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881) Wikipedia
• 1845 Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904) Wikipedia
• 1874 Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964) Wikipedia
• 1889 Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967) Wikipedia
• 1894 V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980) Wikipedia
• 1902 Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) Wikipedia
• 1902 Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983) Wikipedia
• 1912 Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001) Wikipedia
• 1913 Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993) Wikipedia
• 1924 Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (died 1998) Wikipedia
• 1947 Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia Wikipedia
• 1951 Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia Wikipedia
• 1960 Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer Wikipedia
• 1962 Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1971 Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1973 Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia
• 1994 Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia
• 1997 Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman Wikipedia

Died on August 10

• 258 Lawrence of Rome, Spanish-Italian deacon and saint (born 225) Wikipedia
• 847 Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (born 816) Wikipedia
• 955 Conrad ('the Red'), duke of Lorraine Wikipedia
• 1284 Tekuder, Khan of the Mongol Ilkhanate Wikipedia
• 1759 Ferdinand VI of Spain (born 1713) Wikipedia
• 1862 Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (born 1829) Wikipedia
• 1896 Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (born 1848) Wikipedia
• 1904 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (born 1846) Wikipedia
• 1915 Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (born 1887) Wikipedia
• 1945 Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (born 1882) Wikipedia
• 1980 Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (born 1917) Wikipedia
• 2007 Jean Rédélé, French race car driver and pilot, founded Alpine (born 1922) Wikipedia
• 2008 Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1942) Wikipedia
• 2019 Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Bessus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blane (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Geraint of Dumnonia Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Lawrence of Rome Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Nicola Saggio Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador) Wikipedia
• International Biodiesel Day Wikipedia
• National Veterans Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
• World Lion Day Wikipedia
• National Day (Singapore) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “August 10” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.