Famous Deaths In August - 10

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

0794  On August - 10 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  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

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 this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.  

1637  On this day in history death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)  

1653  On August - 10 maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55  

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 this day in history.  

1730  On August - 10 sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74  

1759  On this day in history 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 August - 10.  

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

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

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

1857  On August - 10 death of john Wilson Croker, politician  

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

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

1862  On August - 10 death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)  

1867  On this day in history ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867  

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66  

1886  On August - 10 eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85  

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  On August - 10 death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged  

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

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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 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 August - 10.  

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.  

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.  

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  

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