Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  On February - 10 death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)  

1134  Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on February - 10.  

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on February - 10.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1576  On this day in history 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  On February - 10 anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on February - 10.  

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  On this day in history paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68  

1829  On February - 10 leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68  

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  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on February - 10.  

1865  On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)  

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

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  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on February - 10.  

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

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 February - 10.  

1685  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on this day in history.