Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 10

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 * 955 – Forces under Otto I were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe.
 * 1270 – Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty, which would last for more than 700 years.
 * 1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing Stockholm on her maiden voyage to take part in the Thirty Years' War.
 * 1755 – The 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.
 * 1792 – French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace, effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.
 * 1793 – The Louvre (Louvre Pyramid pictured) in Paris, today the world's most visited museum, officially opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art.
 * 1844 – From measurements of its motion, German astronomer Friedrich Bessel deduced that Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, had an unseen companion (both pictured).
 * 1861 – American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, was fought.
 * 1864 – José Antônio Saraiva announced that the Brazilian military would exact reprisals after Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refused Brazil's demands, beginning the Uruguayan War.
 * 1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved method of synthesizing aspirin.
 * 1901 – The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers began an ultimately unsuccessful strike to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members.
 * 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The first major confrontation between modern steel battleship fleets took place in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
 * 1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Việt Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
 * 1966 – The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its construction, killing nine workers.
 * 1988 – The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
 * 2007 – Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, in Hong Kong, the High Court dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark.
 * 2019 – Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, and went on to become the costliest typhoon in Chinese history.
 * Born/died: | Al-Wathiq |d|847| Madeleine of Valois |b|1520| William Lowndes Yancey |b|1814| Alexander Glazunov |b|1865| Adah Isaacs Menken |d|1868| Joséphine Fodor |d|1870| Angus Lewis Macdonald |b|1890 Red Holzman |b|1920|Marie-Claire Alain |b|1926| Antonio Banderas |b|1960| Suzanne Collins |b|1962| Jennifer Paterson |d|1999| Adam Stansfield |d|2010

August 10: Qixi Festival in China (2024)


 * 1270 – Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty, which would last for more than 700 years.
 * 1793 – The Louvre (pyramid pictured) in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art.
 * 1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Việt Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
 * 1988 – The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
 * 2019 – Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.