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On August 10, 654: Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.

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Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.

Pope Eugene I was the bishop of Rome from 10 August 654 to his death on 2 June 657. He was chosen to become Pope after the deposition and banishment of Martin I by Emperor Constans II over the dispute about Monothelitism.

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Born on August 10

Sophia Smith 2000– American soccer player (born 2000)
Jüri Vips 2000– Estonian racing driver (born 2000)
Ja Morant 1999– American basketball player (born 1999)
Ritomo Miyata 1999– Japanese racing driver (born 1999)
Nick Suzuki 1999– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1999)
Kylie Jenner 1997– American media personality and socialite (born 1997)
Luca Marini 1997– Italian motorcycle racer
Lauren Tait 1996– Scottish netball player (born 1996)
Dalvin Cook 1995– American football player (born 1995)
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Bernardo Silva 1994– Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
Andre Drummond 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Archie Bradley 1992– American baseball pitcher (born 1992)
Michelle Khare 1992– American YouTuber (born 1992)
Oliver Rowland 1992– British racing driver (born 1992)
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 1991– Icelandic footballer
Marcus Foligno 1991– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Nikos Korovesis 1991– Greek footballer
Chris Tremain 1991– Australian cricketer

People

Died on August 10

Anas Al-Sharif Palestinian journalist (1996–2025)
Rachael Lillis American voice actress (1969–2024)
Peggy Moffitt American model and actress (1937–2024)
Vesa-Matti Loiri Finnish actor and musician (1945–2022)
Tony Esposito Canadian-American ice hockey player (1943–2021)
Jeffrey Epstein American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
Ruth Pfau German-Pakistani physician and nun
Buddy Baker American racing driver (1941–2015)
Endre Czeizel Hungarian physician, geneticist and professor (1935–2015)
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Knut Osnes Norwegian footballer and coach (1922-2015)
Eriek Verpale Belgian writer
Jim Command American baseball player (1928-2014)
Dotty Lynch American journalist and academic (born 1945)
Kathleen Ollerenshaw English mathematician
Bob Wiesler American baseball player (1930-2014)
William P. Clark Jr. American judge and public servant (1931–2013)
Jonathan Dawson Australian academic and filmmaker (1941–2013)
Eydie Gormé American pop singer (1928–2013)

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  1. 654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 654 to 657

    Pope Eugene I was the bishop of Rome from 10 August 654 to his death on 2 June 657. He was chosen to become Pope after the deposition and banishment of Martin I by Emperor Constans II over the dispute about Monothelitism.

  2. 955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.

    Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe, 955

    The Battle of Lechfeld, also known as the Second Battle of Lechfeld, was a series of military engagements over the course of three days from 10–12 August 955 in which the Kingdom of Germany, led by King Otto I the Great, defeated the Hungarian army led by Harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél and Súr. With the German victory, further major invasions by the Magyars into Western Europe were ended.

  3. 991 Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.

    Battle near Maldon, Essex, in 991

    The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended in an Anglo-Saxon defeat.

  4. 1030 The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.

    Battle of the Arab–Byzantine wars

    The Battle of Azaz was an engagement fought in August 1030 near the Syrian town of Azaz between the Byzantine army, led by Emperor Romanos III Argyros in person, and the forces of the Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo, likewise under the personal command of Emir Shibl al-Dawla Nasr. The Mirdasids defeated the much larger Byzantine army and took great booty, even though they were eventually unable to capitalise on their victory.

  5. 1270 Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.

    Emperor of Ethiopia from 1270 to 1285

    Yekuno Amlak ; throne name Tesfa Iyasus was Emperor of Ethiopia, from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974. He was a ruler from Bete Amhara who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.

  6. 1316 The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
  7. 1346 Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.
  8. 1512 The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
  9. 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
  10. 1557 Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
  11. 1585 The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
  12. 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm.
  13. 1641 The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed.
  14. 1680 The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
  15. 1741 King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
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  1. 1755 Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France.
  2. 1792 French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
  3. 1808 Finnish War: Swedish forces led by General von Döbeln defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the Battle of Kauhajoki.
  4. 1835 P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid.
  5. 1856 The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
  6. 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
  7. 1864 After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
  8. 1901 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  9. 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
  10. 1905 Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
  11. 1913 Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  12. 1920 World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  13. 1937 Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.
  14. 1944 World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.
  15. 1944 World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.

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