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  On February - 10 boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies  

1242  On this day in history death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)  

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

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  On this day in history death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered  

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

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 this day in history.  

1657  On February - 10 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59  

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

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 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  On February - 10 death of thomas Ripley, English architect  

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

1774  On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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 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  On February - 10 leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68  

1832  On this day in history antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

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

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

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

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  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  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry  

1670  On February - 10 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  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on February - 10.