Famous Deaths In August - 10

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

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  On August - 10 death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned  

1637  On August - 10 death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)  

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

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1655  On August - 10 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50  

1717  On August - 10 nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies  

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

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 August - 10.  

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)  

1841  On August - 10 hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37  

1843  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies  

1857  Death of John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.  

1859  Death of George Staunton, writer on August - 10.  

1861  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  On August - 10 death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)  

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on this day in history.  

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1896  Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged  

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

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

1397  On this day in history birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  On this day in history birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)  

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.  

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

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer