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 this day in history.  

1242  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1495  Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on February - 10.  

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  On February - 10 joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82  

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1598  Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on February - 10.  

1657  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22  

1722  On February - 10 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 this day in history.  

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  On February - 10 death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)  

1783  On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

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

1822  On February - 10 albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83  

1825  Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1857  Death of David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) on this day in history.  

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1865  On February - 10 death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)  

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on February - 10.  

1891  Death of Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on this day in history.  

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

1606  On February - 10 birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)  

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on February - 10.  

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

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

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on February - 10.  

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