What are the important events that happened on August 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 10 is the 222nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 28, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,754,784,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosadigon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 191 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,615 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 10: This Day In History
The term ‘the 10th of August’is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it is restored in 1814.
August 10 Historical Events
- 955 –Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
- 1519 –Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines.
- 1557 –Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1809 –Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Battle of Wilson’s Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
- 1901 –The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
- 1904 –Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- 1949 –U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
- 1969 –A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
- 1990 –More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1397 –Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
- 1869 –Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)
- 1908 –Rica Erickson, Australian naturalist and botanic (d. 2009)
- 1911 –A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993)
- 1928 –Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman (d. 2010)
- 1950 –Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
- 1967 –Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- 1975 –İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
- 1978 –Chris Read, English cricketer
- 1978 –Marcus Fizer, American basketball player
Who died on August 10?
- 258 –Lawrence of Rome (Saint Lawrence), Spanish-born deacon of Rome (martyred) (b. 225)
- 1759 –King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
- 1945 –Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)
- 1976 –Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
- 1979 –Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1980 –Yahya Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
- 2007 –James E. Faust, American religious figure (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
- 2008 –Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and actor (b. 1942)
- 2010 –Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
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