What is August 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[612 BC]] &ndash; Killing of [[Sinsharishkun]], King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of [[Nineveh]]. *[[654]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene I|Eugene I]] is elected [[Pope]], although his predecessor, [[Pope Martin I]], is still alive at this time. * [[843]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Verdun]] divides the [[Franks|Frankish]] [[Kingdom]] between [[Lothair I]], [[Louis the German]] and [[Charles the Bald]]. *AD [[955]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld]]: [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of [[Magyar]] invasion of the West. *[[1270]] &ndash; [[Yekuno Amlak]] takes the [[Ethiopia]]n [[Empire|Imperial]] throne. *[[1492]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VI|Alexander VI]] is elected [[Pope]]. *[[1519]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s 5 ships set sail from [[Seville]] to circumnavigate the globe. *[[1535]] &ndash; The [[Saint Lawrence River]] is named by [[Jacques Cartier]]. *[[1628]] &ndash; The ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'' [[warship]], prestige project of King [[Gustav II Adolph of Sweden|Gustav II Adolph]] of [[Sweden]]. *[[1664]] &ndash; The [[Austro-Turkish War]] ends. *[[1675]] &ndash; The foundation [[stone]] of the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] in [[London]] is laid. *[[1680]] &ndash; [[Pueblo Revolt]] begins in New Mexico. *[[1755]] &ndash; Under orders of [[Charles Lawrence]], the British [[Army]] begins to forcibly deport [[Acadia]]ns from [[Nova Scotia]] to the [[Thirteen Colonies]]. *[[1776]] &ndash; Word of the [[United States]] [[Declaration of Independence]] reaches [[London]]. *[[1792]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[10th of August (French Revolution)|Storming of the Tuileries Palace]]. [[Louis XVI of France]] is arrested and taken into custody. *[[1793]] &ndash; The Musée du [[Louvre]] opens in [[Paris]]. *[[1809]] &ndash; [[Quito]], the present–day capital of [[Ecuador]] declares independence from [[Spain]]. *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Chile]]'s [[Instituto Nacional]] is founded. *[[1821]] &ndash; [[Missouri]] is admitted as the 24th [[U.S. state]