Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on February - 10.   

1134  Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on February - 10.   

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on February - 10.   

1242  On February - 10 death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)   

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on February - 10.   

1495  On February - 10 death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy   

1567  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on February - 10.   

1576  Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on this day in history.   

1588  Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 on this day in history.   

1598  Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on this day in history.   

1657  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on February - 10.   

1678  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies   

1711  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on February - 10.   

1722  On February - 10 death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)   

1755  Death of Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689) on February - 10.   

1758  On this day in history death of thomas Ripley, English architect   

1772  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on February - 10.   

1774  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on February - 10.   

1782  Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on February - 10.   

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1816  On February - 10 johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74   

1822  Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68   

1829  On this day in history leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68   

1832  Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 on February - 10.   

1837  Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on February - 10.   

1857  On February - 10 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on February - 10.   

1865  Death of Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) on February - 10.   

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.   

1887  On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

1891  On February - 10 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)   

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1499  On this day in history birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)   

1524  On February - 10 birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)   

1606  On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on this day in history.   

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on February - 10.   

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)   

1685  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on this day in history.