Famous Deaths In August - 10

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

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  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.  

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

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

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history.  

1653  Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on August - 10.  

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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 August - 10.  

1730  Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74 on August - 10.  

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

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.  

1821  On August - 10 salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52  

1839  Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on August - 10.  

1841  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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

1857  On this day in history death of john Wilson Croker, politician  

1859  Death of George Staunton, writer on this day in history.  

1861  On August - 10 nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

1902  On August - 10 george Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies  

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  On this day in history carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70  

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1267  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)  

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

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

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