Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)  

1134  On this day in history robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies  

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

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on February - 10.  

1278  On February - 10 death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)  

1482  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81  

1495  On this day in history death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy  

1567  On February - 10 death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered  

1576  On this day in history death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)  

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

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1598  On this day in history anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies  

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  William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies on this day in history.  

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

1722  On this day in history death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)  

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

1758  Death of Thomas Ripley, English architect on February - 10.  

1772  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 February - 10 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 this day in history.  

1857  Death of David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) on February - 10.  

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

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

1876  On February - 10 johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43  

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

1891  On this day in history death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on February - 10.  

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on this day in history.  

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

1637  On this day in history birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry  

1670  On this day in history birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter  

1670  On February - 10 birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)  

1685  On this day in history birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)