Famous Deaths In August - 10
Sunday, 01 October 2023
0258 On August - 10 death of saint Lawrence, martyr
0794 On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
0955 On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
1002 Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.
1250 On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1535 Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.
1589 Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.
1628 On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1637 On this day in history death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
1653 Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on August - 10.
1655 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1717 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on August - 10.
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 this day in history 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 August - 10 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 August - 10 salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
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 On August - 10 death of john Wilson Croker, politician
1859 Death of George Staunton, writer on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43
1862 Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on this day in history.
1867 Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.
1875 On this day in history karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
1886 On August - 10 eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
1896 On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1902 George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies on this day in history.
1904 On August - 10 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 On August - 10 carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
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