Famous Deaths In August - 10

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.  

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.  

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.  

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.  

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history.  

1653  Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on this day in history.  

1655  On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50  

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on this day in history.  

1723  Death of Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656) on August - 10.  

1730  On August - 10 sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74  

1759  On August - 10 ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46  

1784  Death of Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1802  On this day in history aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77  

1806  On this day in history johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68  

1821  On this day in history salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52  

1839  Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on August - 10.  

1841  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on August - 10.  

1843  On August - 10 jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies  

1857  On August - 10 death of john Wilson Croker, politician  

1859  Death of George Staunton, writer on this day in history.  

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on this day in history.  

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on August - 10.  

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.  

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66  

1886  On this day in history eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85  

1896  On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

1902  On this day in history george Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies  

1904  On this day in history pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies  

1905  Death of Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged on this day in history.  

1911  On August - 10 carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70  

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on August - 10.  

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.