Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10
Monday, 12 May 2025
0258 Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.
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 August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies
1250 On this day in history death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
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 this day in history.
1628 On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1637 Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on August - 10.
1653 Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on this day in history.
1655 On this day in history 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 August - 10.
1730 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1806 Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.
1821 On this day in history salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
1839 Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on August - 10.
1841 On this day in history hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
1843 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on this day in history.
1857 Death of John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history death of george Staunton, writer
1861 Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on August - 10.
1862 Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on August - 10.
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 Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1902 On August - 10 george Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies
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 August - 10.
1911 On August - 10 carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
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