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 August - 10.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1002  On August - 10 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  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55   

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

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on this day in history.   

1723  Death of Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 10 death of allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713)   

1802  On August - 10 aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77   

1806  On August - 10 johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68   

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  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on August - 10.   

1843  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies   

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

1859  On August - 10 death of george Staunton, writer   

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 this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66   

1886  On this day in history 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 August - 10.   

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

1905  Death of Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged on this day in history.   

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on August - 10.   

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

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

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

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.