On This Day: 10 August

10 August in Indian history

• 1741King 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.India

10 August in world history

• 2019Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45 people in the province.
• 2019Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
• 2018Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself
• 2001Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.
• 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
• 1961Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• 1937Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.
• 1920World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• 1864José Antônio Saraiva announced that the Brazilian military would exact reprisals after Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refused Brazil's demands, beginning the Uruguayan War.
• 1861American 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 Missouri.
• 1856The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
• 1792French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace (depicted), effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.
• 1755The first wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians from the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces by the British began with the Bay of Fundy campaign at Chignecto.
• 1680The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
• 1628The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing Stockholm on her maiden voyage to take part in the Thirty Years' War.
• 1519Ferdinand 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.
• 955Hungarian invasions of Europe: Forces under Otto the Great were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld (depicted) near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe.

Born on 10 August

• 1907Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (died 1984)
• 1894V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980)India
• 1878Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)
• 1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936)India
• 1810Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861)
• 1755Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1773)India

Died on 10 August

• 1999Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (born 1899)India
• 1922Joseph O'Sullivan, Irish Republican, executed for the killing of Sir Henry Wilson
• 1918Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
• 1241Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (born 1184)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 August in history?

2019: Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45 people in the province. 2019: Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York. 2018: Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself. 2001: Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.

What happened on 10 August in Indian history?

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.

Which famous people were born on 10 August?

Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (died 1984) (1907); V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980) (1894); Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957) (1878); Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936) (1860).

Which day is observed on 10 August?

Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina); Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 18; International Biodiesel Day; National Veterans Day (Indonesia); World Lion Day.