Famous Deaths In August - 10

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  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 10.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on this day in history.  

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on August - 10.  

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

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

1717  On this day in history nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies  

1723  On August - 10 death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)  

1730  On this day in history sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74  

1759  Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.  

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  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on August - 10.  

1857  On this day in history death of john Wilson Croker, politician  

1859  Death of George Staunton, writer on August - 10.  

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  On August - 10 ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867  

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66  

1886  On this day in history eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85  

1896  On August - 10 otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

1902  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

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

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  On August - 10 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  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.