Events on Aug 10
- 0654Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
- 0843Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France
- 0955Battle at Lech: German King Otto I beats Hungarians
- 1461Alfonso ed Espina, Bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
- 1497John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
- 1500Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar
- 1511Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka
- 1512Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
- 1557Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France
- 1566Iconoclasm begins
- 1585English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
- 1622County Maine appended on John Mason / Fernandino Gorges
- 1627Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
- 1628Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
- 1653Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch
- 1675King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- 1675Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
- 1678Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen
- 1743Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
- 1759Carlos III becomes King of Spain
- 17741st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
- 1787Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
- 1787Turkey declares war on Russia
- 1792Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI
- 1809Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
- 1821Missouri admitted as 24th US state
- 1822Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
- 1827Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
- 1831Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
- 1831Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
Born on Aug 10
- 1296John the Blind: King of Bohemia / Count of Luxembourg
- 1556Philipp Nicolai: Germany -- Theologist / poet / composer
- 1560Hieronymus Praetorius: Composer
- 1567Girolamo Giacobbi: Composer
- 1589Pietro Antonio Tamburini: Composer
- 1652Peterus I Scheemaeckers: Flemish sculptor (tomb stones)
- 1654Bernard Nieuwentyt: Dutch Physician / theologist
- 1657Cornelis Chastelein: Dutch colonial director
- 1699Christoph Gottlieb Schroter: Composer
- 1708John Stinstra: Baptist vicar
- 1720Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee: Composer
- 1740Samuel Arnold: Composer
- 1750Daniel Gottlob Turk: Composer
- 1762Santiago Ferrer: Composer
- 1782Charles Napier: London, England -- Soldier
- 1793Heinrich August Neithardt: Composer
- 1794Leopold Zunz: German Scientist (Synagogical poetry)
- 1801Robert Woodward Barnwell: MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
- 1808Carl Friedrich Weitzmann: Composer
- 1810Camilio Benso di Cavour: Turin, Italy -- Prime Minister
- 1810Cornelis Outshoorn: Dutch architect
- 1814Jacob Edvard Gille: Composer
- 1814John Clifford Pemberton: Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
- 1814William Lowndes Yancey: MC (Confederacy), died in 1863
- 1823Charles Keene: Hornsey -- Artist
- 1823Charles Thomas Campbell: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 1835Gyula Beliczay: Composer
- 1836Jose Teodor Vilar: Composer
- 1845Kunanbajew: Writer
- 1854J Scott Lidgett: London, England -- Theologist
Died on Aug 10
- 0794Fastrada: 3rd Wife of French King Charles the Great, dies at 30
- 0955Conrad the Red: Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
- 1250Erik IV Plovpenning: King of Denmark, murdered
- 1589Maarten Schenck Nideggen: Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
- 1628Hans Jonsson: Swedish fleet commander, drowned
- 1653Maarten Harpertsz Tromp [Bestevaer]: Lieutenant Admiral, dies in battle at 55
- 1655Louis de Vadder: Flemish painter, dies at 50
- 1717Nicolaas Witsen: Etcher / mayor (Amsterdam)
- 1730Sebastien de Brossard: Composer, dies at 74
- 1759Ferdinand VI [the Wise]: King of Spain, dies at 46
- 1784Allan Ramsay: Artist
- 1802Aepinus [Franz UT Hoch]: German Physician / physicist, dies at 77
- 1806Johann Michael Haydn: Composer, dies at 68
- 1821Salvatore Vigano: Composer, dies at 52
- 1841Hippolyte Monpou: Composer, dies at 37
- 1843Jakob F Fries: German philosopher
- 1857John Wilson Croker: Politician
- 1859George Staunton: Writer
- 1861Nathaniel Lyon: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 43
- 1867Ira Aldridge: Famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock)
- 1875Karl (Theodor) Andree: German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
- 1886Eduard Grell: Composer, dies at 85
- 1896Otto Lilienthal: German aircraft pioneer
- 1904Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau: French Foreign Minister (Dreyfus)
- 1905Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale: E African prophet / rebel leader, hanged
- 1911Carl Christian Lumbye: Composer, dies at 70
- 1921John M Martin: Last confederate congress member
- 1932Slang: Writer
- 1934John Kane: Scotish / US miner / painter, dies at 73
- 1938Joseph Moorat: Composer, dies at 73
Historical events on August 11
- 0117Hadrianus hears of death of Emperor Trajanus of Antioch
- 1253Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
- 1304Sea battle of Zierikzee
- 1492Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI
- 1522Uprising of adel / burgerij in Austria fails
- 1597Germany throws out English sales people
- 1611Emperor Rudolf forces out King of Bohemia
- 1695English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
- 1780Barbados hurricane begins
- 1863Cambodia becomes French protectorate
- 1874Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
- 1885$100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
- 1885Oakland Athletics Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR
- 1888California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
- 1896Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
- 1904German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
- 1909Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
- 1909SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- 1909Warren Bardsley (136 & 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test
- 1914France declares war on Austria-Hungary
- 1914Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
- 1914John Wray patents animation
- 1914Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
- 1918Battle of Amiens ends in WWI, Allieds beat Germans
- 1919Green Bay Packers football club founded
- 1919Weimar Republic begins in Germany
- 19201st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
- 1923Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
- 19241st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
- 1924US presidential candidates make 1st film for bio-scoop news
Born on August 11
- 1600Paul Hallman: Composer
- 1613Cristoph Kaldenbach: Composer
- 1635Thomas Betterton: London, England -- Actor / dramatist (Coriolanus)
- 1673Richard Mead: London, England -- Physician
- 1737Joseph Nollekins: London, England -- Sculptor
- 1744Johann Gottlieb Schwencke: Composer
- 1748Joseph Schuster: Composer
- 1772Rowland Hill: 1st Viscount / General
- 1778Friedrich Ludwig Jahn: Founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement
- 1799Joachim de Barrande: French paleontologist / geologist
- 1805Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude: Dutch judge / member of parliament
- 1807David R Atchison: President of USA on March 3rd 1849
- 1823Charlotte Mary Yonge: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
- 1828Edward Saloman: Governor (Union), died in 1909
- 1832Thomas Ogden Osbord: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1833Robert Green Ingersoll: New York, United States -- Author / politician / agnostic (Attorney General-R-Ill)
- 1836Cato M Guldberg: Norwegian mathematician
- 1837Marie Francois Carnot: Engineer / French President (1887-94); assassinated
- 1858Christian Eijkman: Netherlands -- Bacteriologist (Avitaminos, Nobel 1929)
- 1862Carrie Jacobs Bond: Janesville, Wisconsin -- Songwriter (I Love You Truly)
- 1863Arpad Szendy: Composer
- 1867Hobart Bosworth: Marietta, Ohio -- Actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade)
- 1867Joseph M Weber: Comedian / singer (Weber & Lewis Fields)
- 1873John Rosamond Johnson: Florida, United States -- Co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
- 1880Frederick Jerome Work: Composer
- 1882Rodolfo Graziani: Italian marschal / Viceroy of Ethiopia
- 1883Ernst Stadler: Writer
- 1888Owen Nares: Actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)
- 1890Erich Wichman: Dutch fascist painter / sculptor
- 1892Hugh MacDiarmid: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Writer (Scots Unbound)
Died on August 11
- 1171Louis I: Earl of Wage / Rieneck
- 1180Guillaume de / Willem van Sens: French master builder (Canterbury)
- 1183Christian I: Archbishop of Mainz
- 1394Jan III: Mister of Polanen
- 1464Nicholas van Cusa: Philosopher / Bishop of Brixen
- 1490French van Brederode: Leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25
- 1494Hans Memling [John Memlinc]: Flemish Painter (Passietaferelen)
- 1578Pedro Nunes [Nonius]: Port Mathematician / astronomer (nonius)
- 1589Maarten Schenck van Nideggen: Lt col (80 year war)
- 1729Nicola Francesco Haym: Composer, dies at 51
- 1757Jose Pradas Gallen: Composer, dies at 67
- 1794Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht: Composer, dies at 72
- 1820Janos Lavotta: Composer, dies at 56
- 1844Jernej Kopitar: Filmologist / censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
- 1852Nicolaas Plomp: Dutch Architect (Strugle), dies at 70
- 1868Halfdan Kierulf: Composer, dies at 52
- 1868Thaddeus Stevens: Architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
- 1872Lowell Mason: US Organist / Composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
- 1890John Henry Newman: English cardinal, dies at 89
- 1901Francesco Crispi: Italian Minister of War / Premier, dies at about 82
- 1919Andrew Carnegie: US steel industrialist / philanthropist, dies at 83
- 1935William Watson: British Poet (Purple East)
- 1937Bakr Sidqi: General / Dictator of Iraq
- 1937Edith N Wharton[-Jones]: US Author (House of Mirth), dies at 75
- 1942Richard Heinrich Stein: Composer, dies at 60
- 1949Karl Weigl: Composer, dies at 68
- 1951Ebbe Hamerik: Composer, dies at 52
- 1952Riccardo Martin: Composer, dies at 77
- 1953Ludwig Strauss: German / Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart)
- 1956Jackson Pollock: Abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
Events on Aug 12
- 1071Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
- 1071Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to Europe
- 1099Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians
- 1099Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon
- 1332Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle
- 1336English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders
- 1492Christopher Columbus discovers Canary Islands
- 1530Florence surrenders for Emperor Karel I
- 1549French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
- 1553Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud
- 1588Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army
- 16581st US police corps forms (New Amsterdam)
- 1665English fleet beat Dutch fleet
- 16761st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England
- 1687Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders
- 1687Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs
- 1759Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians
- 1812Dr Joseph Lister is 1st surgeon to use disinfectant during surgery
- 1831Dutch troops conquer Leuven
- 1831Netherlands and Belgium sign peace treaty
- 1851Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
- 1856Anthony Fass patents accordion
- 1861Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians
- 1862Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, Texas
- 18631st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
- 1867President Andrew Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
- 1877Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device
- 18791st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
- 1888Bertha, Wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour
- 1896Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
Born on Aug 12
- 1503Christian III: King of Denmark / Norway (1534-59)
- 1566Isabella CE: Infante of Spain / Governess of the Netherlands
- 1592Willem Earl of Nassau-Siegen: Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik / Heusden)
- 1620Pieter Cuypers: South Netherlands lawyer
- 1626Giovanni Legrenzi: Composer
- 1644Georg Christoph Leuttner: Composer
- 1644Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Composer
- 1696Maurice Greene: Composer
- 1744Rowland Hill: Preacher
- 1751Johann Baptist Lasser: Composer
- 1762George IV: King of England (1820-30)
- 1774Robert Southey: English poet laureate / biographer of Nelson
- 1778Francis Horner: Politician
- 1781Robert Mills: United States -- Architect (Washington Monument)
- 1819Daniel Davidson Bidwell: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
- 1820Oliver Mowat: A founder of the Canadian Confederation
- 1825Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley: Composer
- 1829John Horace Forney: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
- 1832Hely Hutchinson Almond: Politician / doctor
- 1833William Price Sanders: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
- 1838Joseph Barnby: Conductor / academic principal
- 1848Macellus Emants: Dutch writer / poet (Along the Nile)
- 1849Abbott Handerson Thayer: Painter / naturalist
- 1853Jean Louis Nicode: Composer
- 1854Alfred Gilbert: Sculptor / goldsmith
- 1854Johannes P Kelly: Dutch [Kellij], actor / operetta writer
- 1859Katharine Lee Bates: United States -- Author (America the Beautiful)
- 1867Edith Hamilton: United States -- Writer (Mythology)
- 1868Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford: Viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
- 1875Ettore Panizza: Composer
Died on Aug 12
- 0875Louis II: King of Italy / Emperor of France, dies at about 50
- 1158Anselmus van Havelberg: Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55)
- 1350Philip VI: King of France
- 1484Sixtus IV [Francesco della Rovere]: Pope (1471-84)
- 1546Francisco de Vitoria: Spanish theology / lawyer
- 1588Alfonso Ferrabosco: Composer, dies at 45
- 1612Giovanni Gabrieli: Italian Composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
- 1633Jacopo Peri: Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
- 1638Johannes Althusius [Althaut]: German lawyer, dies at about 81
- 1654Cornelis Haga: Ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
- 1660Gilbertus van Zinnik: Flemish architect, dies at about 33
- 1674Philippe de Champaigne: Painter
- 1675Karl Rabenhaupt: German / Netherlands Baron of Sucha / army leader, dies at 73
- 1676King Philip [Metacomet]: Leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
- 1689Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi]: Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
- 1715Nahum Tate: English Poet / playwright / Poet laureate
- 1728Henricus Zwaardecroon: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, dies at 61
- 1750Rachel Ruysch: Royal Painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz
- 1797Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger: Composer, dies at 73
- 1811John FE Acton: Cruel Premier of Naples, dies at 77
- 1812Jean Joseph Rodolphe: Composer, dies at 81
- 1822Robert Stewart: 2nd Marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide
- 1827William Blake: English Poet / painter, dies at 69
- 1830Franz de Paula Roser: Composer, dies at 50
- 1848George Stephenson: Locomotive engineer
- 1849Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin: Minister of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
- 1857William Daniel Conybeare: Geologist
- 1865William Jackson Hooker: Botanist
- 1877James Drummond: Historical painter
- 1883Last Quagga: Zebra with less slashes (in Artis)