Famous Deaths Happened 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  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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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

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