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August 10

 * 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
 * 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry.
 * 1628 - Swedish warship Vasa sinks in Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
 * 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek - The war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
 * 1905 - Peace negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
 * 1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
 * 1920 - World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
 * 1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.