Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

0258  On August - 10 death of saint Lawrence, martyr   

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

0955  On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle   

1002  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies   

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  On August - 10 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  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned   

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on August - 10.   

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

1655  On August - 10 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50   

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)   

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 this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77   

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

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 August - 10.   

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

1857  Death of John Wilson Croker, politician on August - 10.   

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

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on August - 10.   

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 10 ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867   

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies   

1902  On this day in history 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 August - 10.   

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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  On this day in history birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)   

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.   

1520  On August - 10 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  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.