Famous Deaths In August - 10

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  

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

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.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1806  On August - 10 johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68  

1821  On this day in history salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52  

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

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

1875  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 10 carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

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

1360  On August - 10 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  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  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  

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