On this day: August 10

Events on August 10

• 654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. Wikipedia
• 955 Hungarian invasions of Europe: Forces under Otto the Great were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe. Wikipedia
• 1270 Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty, which would last for more than 700 years. Wikipedia
• 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
• 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing Stockholm on her maiden voyage to take part in the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
• 1664 The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683. Wikipedia
• 1755 The first wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians from the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces by the British began with the Bay of Fundy campaign at Chignecto. Wikipedia
• 1792 French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace, effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814. Wikipedia
• 1793 The Louvre in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art. Wikipedia
• 1844 From measurements of its motion, German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel deduced that Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, had an unseen companion. Wikipedia
• 1861 American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, was fought. Wikipedia
• 1864 José Antônio Saraiva announced that the Brazilian military would exact reprisals after Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refused Brazil's demands, beginning the Uruguayan War. Wikipedia
• 1901 The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers began an ultimately unsuccessful strike to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members. Wikipedia
• 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place. 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 withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Việt Minh in central modern-day Vietnam. Wikipedia
• 1966 The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its construction, killing nine workers. Wikipedia
• 1988 The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II. Wikipedia
• 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. Wikipedia
• 2001 Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2. Wikipedia
• 2007 Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark. Wikipedia
• 2012 The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. Wikipedia
• 2019 Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45 people in the province. Wikipedia
• 2019 Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York. Wikipedia

Born on August 10

• 1810 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861) Wikipedia
• 1845 Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904) Wikipedia
• 1865 Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936) Wikipedia
• 1874 Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964) Wikipedia
• 1874 Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944) Wikipedia
• 1878 Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957) Wikipedia
• 1894 V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980) Wikipedia
• 1902 Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983) Wikipedia
• 1902 Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) 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
• 1959 Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer 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
• 1975 İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer and figure skater 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
• 1250 Eric IV of Denmark (born 1216) Wikipedia
• 1759 Ferdinand VI of Spain (born 1713) Wikipedia
• 1806 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (born 1737) Wikipedia
• 1896 Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (born 1848) Wikipedia
• 1915 Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (born 1887) Wikipedia
• 1929 Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (born 1854) 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
• 2002 Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (born 1926) Wikipedia
• 2008 Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1942) Wikipedia
• 2017 Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929) 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

Sources

• Wikipedia — “August 10” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/August 10” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

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 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for August 10 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.