Famous Deaths In August - 10
Monday, 18 March 2024
0258 On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr
0794 On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
0955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.
1002 Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.
1250 Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.
1535 On August - 10 death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)
1589 On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1628 On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1637 Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55
1655 On August - 10 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 this day in history.
1730 On August - 10 sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
1759 Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1784 On this day in history death of allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713)
1802 On this day in history aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77
1806 Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1821 Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1839 Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on August - 10.
1841 On this day in history hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
1843 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on August - 10.
1857 On this day in history 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 August - 10.
1862 On August - 10 death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
1867 Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.
1875 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
1896 On August - 10 otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1902 George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies on August - 10.
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 Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on August - 10.
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