Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

0258  On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.   

1250  On this day in history death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  On this day in history 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  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.   

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.   

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

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on August - 10.   

1723  On August - 10 death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

1843  On August - 10 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 this day in history death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)   

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

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10.   

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

1896  Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 10 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 this day in history.   

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)   

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  On this day in history 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 August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.