Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  On February - 10 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  On February - 10 death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)  

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on February - 10.  

1482  On this day in history 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  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on February - 10.  

1576  On February - 10 death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)  

1588  On this day in history joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82  

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 February - 10.  

1678  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on February - 10.  

1686  On February - 10 william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies  

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

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

1772  On February - 10 jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75  

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

1782  Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on this day in history.  

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

1832  Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1837  On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

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 this day in history.  

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

1887  On February - 10 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

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 February - 10.  

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

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

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on this day in history.  

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