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 February - 10.  

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

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  On February - 10 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 February - 10 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 February - 10.  

1686  On February - 10 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  On February - 10 death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)  

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

1782  On this day in history death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)  

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1816  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on February - 10.  

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

1857  On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

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

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

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.  

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

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

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1499  On February - 10 birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)  

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  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on this day in history.  

1637  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on February - 10.  

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.