Famous Deaths In August - 10
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
0258 Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.
0794 On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
0955 On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
1653 On August - 10 maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55
1655 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.
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 Death of Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713) on this day in history.
1802 Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on August - 10.
1806 Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1821 On August - 10 salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
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 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 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 this day in history ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
1875 On August - 10 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 August - 10.
1904 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies on August - 10.
1905 On August - 10 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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