Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10
Thursday, 23 October 2025
0258 On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr
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 On this day in history death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1535 On this day in history 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 Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.
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.
1655 On August - 10 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50
1717 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on August - 10.
1723 On August - 10 death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
1730 Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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 Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1839 On August - 10 death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)
1841 Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
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 August - 10.
1862 On this day in history death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
1867 On August - 10 ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
1875 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10.
1886 On August - 10 eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
1896 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on this day in history.
1902 On August - 10 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 this day in history 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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