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 this day in history.  

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on this day in history.  

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on this day in history.  

1278  On this day in history death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)  

1482  On February - 10 luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81  

1495  On February - 10 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.  

1598  On February - 10 anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies  

1657  On this day in history sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59  

1678  On February - 10 death of philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried  

1686  William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies on February - 10.  

1711  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on this day in history.  

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

1755  On this day in history death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)  

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

1772  On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75  

1774  On February - 10 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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 this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74  

1822  On this day in history 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  Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 on February - 10.  

1832  On February - 10 antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

1861  On February - 10 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

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

1876  On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43  

1887  On February - 10 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  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on this day in history.  

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

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on February - 10.  

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  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

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)