Famous Deaths In August - 10

0258  On August - 10 death of saint Lawrence, martyr  

0794  On August - 10 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  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.  

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.  

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  Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on August - 10.  

1655  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1723  Death of Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656) on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77  

1806  On this day in history johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68  

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

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 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  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on this day in history.  

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.  

1875  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1904  On August - 10 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies  

1905  On August - 10 death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged  

1911  On August - 10 carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70  

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.  

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1360  On this day in history birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

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 August - 10.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer