Famous Deaths In August - 10

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.  

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1250  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned  

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

1653  On this day in history maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55  

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1655  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74  

1759  Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on August - 10.  

1784  Death of Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713) on August - 10.  

1802  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on August - 10.  

1839  On August - 10 death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)  

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 August - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1896  Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

1902  George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies on August - 10.  

1904  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies on August - 10.  

1905  Death of Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged on August - 10.  

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

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

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.  

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

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer