Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10
Friday, 06 February 2026
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 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10. 

1002 On this day in history 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 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 Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history. 

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

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

1717 On August - 10 nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies 

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

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

1759 On August - 10 ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 

1784 On this day in history death of allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713) 

1802 Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on August - 10. 

1806 On August - 10 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 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on August - 10. 

1857 Death of John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history. 

1859 On August - 10 death of george Staunton, writer 

1861 Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on this day in history. 

1862 On this day in history 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 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10. 

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

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 Death of Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged on August - 10. 

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

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