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 222^nd 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.

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.

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

• 991 –
  Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
• 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.
• 1675 –
  The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
• 1755 –
  Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1793 –
  The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
• 1932 –
  A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
• 1948 –
  Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• 1977 –
  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 the period of one year.
• 2003 –
  The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F.

Who were born on August 10?

• 1823 –
  Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886)
• 1874 –
  Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
• 1909 –
  Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)
• 1919 –
  Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
• 1939 –
  Kate O'Mara, British actress
• 1940 –
  Bobby Hatfield, American singer (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
• 1940 –
  Sid Waddell, English darts commentator
• 1942 –
  Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1958 –
  Jack Richards, English cricketer
• 1985 –
  Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer

Who died on August 10?

• 1723 –
  Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
• 1759 –
  King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1862 –
  Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1918 –
  Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace (b. 1897)
• 1948 –
  Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (b. 1873)
• 1976 –
  Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1979 –
  Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1987 –
  Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1893)
• 2001 –
  Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 2002 –
  Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)