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

• 955 –
  Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
• 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.
• 1755 –
  Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1905 –
  Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• 1920 –
  World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI’s representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• 1944 –
  World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
• 1954 –
  At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1961 –
  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 1998 –
  HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• 2006 –
  Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.

Who were born on August 10?

• 1856 –
  William Willett, English daylight saving time advocate (d. 1915)
• 1905 –
  Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)
• 1913 –
  Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993)
• 1914 –
  Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1923 –
  Fred Ridgway, English cricketer
• 1943 –
  Ronnie Spector, American singer (The Ronettes)
• 1947 –
  Ian Anderson, Scottish singer and flutist (Jethro Tull)
• 1948 –
  Patti Austin, American singer
• 1959 –
  Mark Price, drummer/percussionist
• 1959 –
  Rosanna Arquette, American actress

Who died on August 10?

• 1784 –
  Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. 1713)
• 1948 –
  Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 –
  Montague Summers, English writer (b. 1880)
• 1969 –
  Leno LaBianca, American businessman (b. 1925)
• 1969 –
  Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (b. 1930)
• 1976 –
  Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1979 –
  Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910)
• 2003 –
  Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (b. c. 1944)
• 2007 –
  Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
• 2008 –
  Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and actor (b. 1942)