Famous Deaths In August - 10

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

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

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

1250  On this day in history 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  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned  

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  

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

1717  On this day in history nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies  

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

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on August - 10.  

1839  On this day in history death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)  

1841  On August - 10 hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37  

1843  On August - 10 jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies  

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  On August - 10 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 this day in history eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85  

1896  On August - 10 otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

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 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 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  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer