Famous Deaths Happened 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  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies   

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.   

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 August - 10.   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history 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   

1655  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on August - 10.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46   

1784  On August - 10 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  On this day in history johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68   

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

1843  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

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

1859  On this day in history death of george Staunton, writer   

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 August - 10.   

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  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies on this day in history.   

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  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.   

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on August - 10.   

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  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.   

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

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